Roman Sources Evaluation
A spider-diagram of ancient Roman source evaluation.
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- Roman Sources Evaluation
- Juvenal
- A satirist
- Little is known about his life
- Probably born during the reign of Nero
- Little evidence that he was well known
- Paints a vivid image of life in Rome
- Satire 3
- Cassius Dio
- Writing during the 230 years after Augustus
- Is anachronistic
- Dramatises history to be spoken as an entertainer
- His total histories cover the foundation of Rome by Romulus up till his own day. Not all is preserved.
- Held positions in the senate, such as Consul
- Uses Tacitus as a source
- We have summaries by Byzantine monks, Xiphilinus and Zonaras, for the reign of Nero
- The Roman History: Reign of Augustus
- Xiphilinus
- 1070s monk
- Copied chunks of Dio, ratio of 1:4
- Only copied the events that interested him, and misses out the events that are uninteresting, e.g. Claudius' invasion of Britian
- Misses out Dio's explanations of why things happened.
- Zonaras
- Early 12th Century monk
- Paraphrases Dio
- Suetonius
- Write about moral character
- Quotes from original documents from his time as keeper of the imperial records
- Is dismissed as keeper of imperial records under the reign of Hadrian, so may rely on gossip when writing after Nero
- Was friendly with Younger Pliny
- Uses Res Gestae and possibly Tacitus
- The Twelve Ceasars: Writes in a thematic structure
- Tacitus
- Was consul in AD97
- Probably writing after the emperor Domitian
- Treated badly under the reign of Domitian and sees a likeness between Tiberius, explaining his hostility when writing about Tiberius.
- Only parts of his work remain
- Annals: covers Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, and Nero. Agricola 45: Talks about Domitian Histories:
- Hates the emperor system and blames Augustus for the end of the Republic
- Josephus
- A Jewish historian and arostocrat
- Captured and Romanised by Vespasian after the rebellion during the Jewish War AD66-70
- Jewish Antiquities: writes about Claudius
- Velleius Paterculus
- Contemporary to Augustus
- Knew both Augustus and Tiberius
- Sycophantic as hope to gain political power
- Praetor in 7AD
- Apocolocyntosis
- A satire written about Claudius
- Written by Seneca to express feeling after having to praise Claudius
- Letters from Younger Pliny
- Can be used to support Tacitus' trustworthiness
- Writes letters to Tacitus, Rusticus, Rufus, and the emperor Trajan
- Philo
- A leading Hellenised Jew in Alexandria
- Gives a view of a none-Roman citizen, giving insight into ruling of the Roman Empire
- A philosopher, writer, and political leader
- writing after the death of Caligula
- Res Gestae
- Augustus' self-written obituary, aims to show good points
- Propaganda
- Coins
- Inscriptions/ buildings
- Are created under a certain emperor are propaganda to improve popularity
- To show religious connections
- To honour family, and establish family links
- To show themselves as powerful, good military leaders, as Gods, important...
- Are created under a certain emperor are propaganda to improve popularity
- Juvenal
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