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In defiance of history : Orosius and the unimproved past /

"This volume offers a counterbalance to the dismissal that Orosius's Histories Against the Pagans has suffered in most recent criticism. Orosius is traditionally considered to be a mediocre scholar and an essentially worthless historian. This book takes his literary endeavour seriously, re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leonard, Victoria (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Subjects:
Orosius, Paulus. > Historiarum adversus paganos libri VII.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Rome > Historiography.
Rome > Religion.
Rhétorique ancienne.
Historiarum adversus paganos libri VII (Orosius, Paulus)
Historiography.
Religion.
Rome (Empire)
Table of Contents:
  • Orosius as a writer of history
  • The making of time
  • The emperor and the divine
  • Apologetics and the providence of war
  • The sack of Rome : Christianizing disaster.