Brill’s New Pauly Supplements II - Volume 7 : Figures of Antiquity and their Reception in Art, Literature and Music
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Subject: Classical Studies
Edited by: Peter van Möllendorff, Annette Simonis and Linda Simonis
The 96 contributions in Brill’s New Pauly Supplement 7: Historical Figures from Antiquity depict the survival of great characters from Antiquity to the modern world. Each article presents an overview of the latest research on what we know concerning the lives of the historical person or legendary figure and then recounts the reception of these figures throughout history, giving special attention on the viewpoints in the early modern and contemporary periods.
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The 96 contributions in Brill’s New Pauly Supplement 7: Historical Figures from Antiquity depict the survival of great characters from Antiquity to the modern world. Each article presents an overview of the latest research on what we know concerning the lives of the historical person or legendary figure and then recounts the reception of these figures throughout history, giving special attention on the viewpoints in the early modern and contemporary periods.
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Constantine
(4,661 words)
(
Imperator Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantinus Augustus; Greek Κωνσταντίνος/
Kōnstantínos)
A. Historical dimension The Roman Emperor Constantine I (C. I), called 'the Great' (
c. AD 275–337), succeeded his father Constantius I Chlorus as
caesar in Gaul and Britain in AD 306, and fought with Licinius,
augustus of the western half of the empire, against the Roman usurper Maxentius, whom he defeated on October 28, 312 in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge just outside Rome. The Senate promoted him to senior
augustus, and at first C. shared power with Licinius. By the Edict …
Date:
2016-02-22
Coriolanus
(3,088 words)
(
Gnaeus/Gaius Marcius Coriolanus; Greek Κοριολανός/
Kopiolanós)
A. Historical dimension The unyielding Roman patrician Gnaeus or Gaius Marcius acquired the byname C. in 493 BC as a young man for his military successes in the siege and conquest of the city of Corioli (Liv. 2,33,5) [05.]. In 491, he was banished from Rome for attempting to exploit a famine for political gain against the
plebs and people's tribune on behalf of the senatorial aristocracy by making the distribution of grain to the people dependent on the abolition of the tribune's office. He the…
Date:
2016-02-22
Cornelia
(3,007 words)
(
Cornelia; Greek Κορνηλία/
Kornēlía)
A. Historical dimension C. (early to late 2nd cent. BC), mother of the Gracchi, was the younger daughter of Scipio Africanus Maior (nemesis of Hannibal's Carthage) and Aemilia Tertia (Cic. Inv. 1,49,91; Liv. 38,57,2; Val. Max. 6,7,1). She was said to have been born with her sexual organs closed (Plin. HN 7,69; Solin. 1,67), which was taken as a bad omen and a harbinger of disaster for her family (which did indeed die out in the second or third generation) and the Roman Republic [03.101]. After receiving a thorough education from Greek teachers [14.24]…
Date:
2016-02-22
Croesus
(2,222 words)
(Κροῖσος/
Kroîsos; Latin
Croesus)
A. Historical dimension C. was the last king of Lydia (
c. 560–547 BC), of the Mermnad Dynasty founded by the usurper Gyges. His expansionist policy led to the subjection even of Greek cities in Asia Minor, and he was ultimately defeated and probably killed (according to an uncertain interpolation in the Babylonian Nabonid Chronicle and the Armenian translation of Eusebius'
Chronicle [02.4–7]; [18.418–428]) by the Persian King Cyrus. He acquired his wealth, which was on display at Sardis, by the mining of gold and through comm…
Date:
2016-02-22