Speech and Narrative Setting in Herodian’s <I>History</I>: Marcus Aurelius and Pertinax

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Analysis of the settings of the speeches of these two emperors can improve our critical understanding not only of the historian’s rhetorical modus operandi but also of his position vis-à-vis his predecessors.

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Juan Carlos Iglesias-Zoido, Universidad de Extremadura

J. Carlos Iglesias-Zoido

iglesias@unex.es

Full Professor of Greek Philology

  Departamento de Ciencias de la Antigüedad

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras

Universidad de Extremadura (España)

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0229-675X

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2023-10-31

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