After the Past
Sallust on History and Writing History
Andrew Feldherr
This edition first published 2021
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Feldherr, Andrew, 1963- author.
Title: After the past : Sallust on history and writing history / Andrew Feldherr, Princeton University.
Other titles: Sallust on history and writing history
Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2021. | Series: Blackwell-bristol lectures on Greece, Rome and the classical tradition | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Contents: Lives and Times–Words and Deeds–Pity and Envy: The Emotions in Sallustian Historiography–Tragic Jugurtha: Numidia, New Media, New Medeas– Lines in the Sand: The Representation of Space in the Jugurtha– Brevitatis Artifex: Sallust as Text.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020047590 (print) | LCCN 2020047591 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119076704 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119076711 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119076728 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C. | Rome–History–Conspiracy of Catiline, 65-62 B.C.–Historiography. | Jugurthine War, 111-105 B.C.–Historiography. | Rome–History–Republic, 265-30 B.C.–Historiography.
Classification: LCC DG205 .F45 2021 (print) | LCC DG205 (ebook) | DDC 937/.0507202–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020047590
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Contents
1 Cover
9 Chapter 3: Pity and Envy: The Emotions in Sallustian Historiography
10 Chapter 4: Tragic Jugurtha: Numidia, New Media, New Medeas
11 Chapter 5: Lines in the Sand: The Representation of Space in the Jugurtha
12 Chapter 6: Brevitatis Artifex: Sallust as Text
13 Epilogue
15 Bibliography
17 Index
18
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