The Wolf and the Hare: Boudica's Political Bodies in Tacitus and Dio
This article analyzes how Tacitus and Dio use the concept of exemplarity in their narratives of Boudica’s revolt in order to present the queen as a complex model of female leadership. Tacitus’ Boudica assimilates herself to positive Roman models from Livy; Dio’s Boudica separates herself from Herodotean anti-models, as well as from the imperial women of Rome. In her condemnation of Nero, Dio’s Boudica criticizes the populace for succumbing to the influence of a negative model of leadership. Exempla contribute to each author’s characterization of Boudica; a comparative reading reveals significant differences in each author’s position on the efficacy of exempla in historiography.
Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome
Introduction: Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome I. JOSEPHUS IN THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT OF FLAVIAN ROME 1. Josephus' Roman Audience: Josephus and the Roman Elites 2. Foreign Elites at Rome 3. Herodians and 'Ioudaioi' in Flavian Rome 4. Josephus in the Diaspora II. THE IMPACT OF THE JEWISH WAR IN FLAVIAN ROME 5. Last Year in Jerusalem: Monuments of the Jewish War in Rome 6. The Sack of the Temple in Josephus and Tacitus 7. Flavian Religious Policy and the Destruction of the Jerusalem Temple 8. The 'Fiscus Iudaicus' and Gentile Attitudes to Judaism in Flavian Rome III. JOSEPHUS: LITERATURE AND HISTORIOGRAPHY IN FLAVIAN ROME 9. From 'Exempla' to 'Exemplar'? Writing History around the Emperor in Imperial Rome 10. Josephus and Greek Literature in Flavian Rome 11. Parallel Lives of Two Lawgivers: Josephus' Moses and Plutarch's 'Lycurgus' 12. Figured Speech and Irony in T. Flavius Josephus 13. Spectacle in Josephus' 'Bellum Judaicum' 14. The Empire Writes Back: Josephan Rhetoric in Flavian Rome
Theoretical Roman archaeology : first conference proceedings
This text is specifically devoted to the use of theory in Roman archaeology. Within a general framework of critique, remedial research and theory building, the authors tackle subjects such as the social configurations of space, technology and the economy, and social relations.