Overview

Fides in Flavian Literature explores the ideology of ""good faith"" (fides) during the time of the emperors Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian (6996 CE), the new imperial dynasty that gained power in the wake of the civil wars of the period. The contributors to this volume consider the significance and semantic range of this Roman value in works that deal in myth, contemporary poetry, and history in both prose and verse. Though it does not claim to offer the comprehensive ""last word"" on fides in Flavian Rome, the book aims to show that fides in this period was subjected to a particularly striking and special brand of contestation and reconceptualization, used to interrogate the broad cultural changes and anxieties of the Flavian period as well as connect to a republican and imperial past. The editors argue that fides was both a vehicle for reconciliation and a means to test the nature of ""good faith"" in the wake of a devastating and divisive period in Roman history.

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Author:   Antony Augoustakis ,  Emma Buckley ,  Claire Stocks
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Volume:   56
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9781487505530

ISBN 10:   1487505531
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   09 September 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Introduction Antony Augoustakis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Emma Buckley, St. Andrews University, and Claire Stocks, Newcastle University Part I Fides: Flavian Politics 2. Broken Bonds: Perfidy and the Discourse of Civil War Claire Stocks, Newcastle University 3. The Fides of Flavius Josephus Steve Mason, University of Groningen 4. ""A Greater Love"": Fides in Statius’ Silvae Neil W. Bernstein, Ohio University Part II Fides: Flavian Myth 5. Faith in Fate: Plot, Gods, and Metapoetic Morality in Valerius Flaccus Helen Lovatt, Nottingham University 6. Women’s Fides in Statius’ Thebaid Alison Keith, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto 7. Haec Pietas, Haec Fides: Permutations of Trust in Statius’ Thebaid Antony Augoustakis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 8. Trust and Mistrust in the Achilleid Dániel Kozák, Eötvös Loránd University Part III Fides: Flavian History 9. Fides, Pietas, and the Outbreak of Hostilities in Punica Raymond Marks, University of Missouri-Columbia 10. Hannibal as (Anti-)Hero of Fides in Silius’ Punica Marco Fucecchi, University of Udine 11. The Failure of Female Fides in the Octavia Lauren Donovan Ginsberg, University of Cincinnati 12. Fides under Fire: Virtue and Vice in the Octavia Emma Buckley, St. Andrews University Part IV Revisiting Flavian Fides 13. Flavian Fides in Tacitus’ Histories Salvador Bartera, Mississippi State University Bibliography List of Contributors Index Locorum Genderal Index"

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An illuminating volume, Fides in Flavian Literature showcases a number of issues and arguments, illustrated with pertinent, original, and literary examples which are bound to provoke further discussion. - Joy Littlewood, independent scholar, Oxford, UK This book is a major contribution to research on Flavian literature, and excellently unpacks the extraordinary semantic and cultural range of fides, while also tying it to its peculiarly Flavian context. - Jean-Michel Hulls, Department of Classics, Dulwich College

"""An illuminating volume, Fides in Flavian Literature showcases a number of issues and arguments, illustrated with pertinent, original, and literary examples which are bound to provoke further discussion."" --Joy Littlewood, independent scholar, Oxford, UK ""This book is a major contribution to research on Flavian literature, and excellently unpacks the extraordinary semantic and cultural range of fides, while also tying it to its peculiarly Flavian context."" --Jean-Michel Hulls, Department of Classics, Dulwich College"

"""An illuminating volume, Fides in Flavian Literature showcases a number of issues and arguments, illustrated with pertinent, original, and literary examples which are bound to provoke further discussion.""--Joy Littlewood, independent scholar, Oxford, UK ""This book is a major contribution to research on Flavian literature, and excellently unpacks the extraordinary semantic and cultural range of fides, while also tying it to its peculiarly Flavian context.""--Jean-Michel Hulls, Department of Classics, Dulwich College"

Author Information

Antony Augoustakis is a professor in the Department of the Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Emma Buckley is a senior lecturer in the School of Classics at the University of St Andrews. Claire Stocks is a lecturer in the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology at Newcastle University.

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