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Death of an Emperor Translated with commentary by T. P. Wiseman

Death of an Emperor By Translated with commentary by T. P. Wiseman

Death of an Emperor by Translated with commentary by T. P. Wiseman

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In January AD41, Caligula was murdered. The Republic was briefly restored, but then the Praetorian Guard made Claudius Emperor in a military coup. Josephus' narrative is an important source for these critical events. This translation is accompanied by a detailed commentary.

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Death of an Emperor: Flavius Josephus by Translated with commentary by T. P. Wiseman

In January AD41, Caligula was murdered. The Republic was briefly restored, but then the Praetorian Guard made Claudius Emperor in a military coup. Josephus' narrative is an important source for these critical events. This translation is accompanied by a detailed commentary.

About Translated with commentary by T. P. Wiseman

T.P. Wiseman is Emeritus Professor of Classics at Exeter University and a Fellow of the British Academy. His published books, all with University of Exeter Press except where indicated, include Clios Cosmetics: Three Studies in Greco-Roman Literature (1979, reprinted 2004 by Bristol Phoenix Press, UEPs sister imprint); Death of an Emperor: Flavius Josephus (1991); Talking to Virgil: A Miscellany (1992); Historiography and Imagination: Eight essays on Roman culture (1994); Remus: A Roman myth (1995, CUP); Roman Drama and Roman History (1998); Myths of Rome (2004).

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Abbreviations and Select Bibliography
  • Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Iudaicae XIX 1-273
  • I Preface
  • II The Conspiracy
  • III The Assassination
  • IV Panic on the Palatine
  • V The Republic Restored
  • VI Obituary
  • VII The Claudius Coup
  • Note on the Text
  • Commentary
  • Appendices:
  • 1 The Augustan Palatine
  • 2 Cluvius Rufus
  • Index of Names

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GOR006414558
9780859893565
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Death of an Emperor: Flavius Josephus by Translated with commentary by T. P. Wiseman
Translated with commentary by T. P. Wiseman
Exeter Studies in History
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Liverpool University Press
1991-08-01
122
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