Fragmente Romischer Memoiren [German]

by Peter Scholz

English summary: Autobiographies and their authors have a credibility problem. Who would believe a man who praises his own deeds? Nevertheless, memoirs were a significant element in the political culture of the Romans during the last years of the Republic. They were meant to document the author's capabilities in the political and military sphere and his outstanding services to the res publica for the sake of his contemporaries, and pass them...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3938032596
• ISBN13: 9783938032596
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Verlag Antike
• Length: 187 Pages