Uncertainty in Livy and Velleius Time, hermeneutics and Roman historiography

• Автор: Domainko, Annika (auth)
• Формат: Електронний ресурс Частина з книги
• Мова: Англійська
• Опубліковано: München C.H.Beck 2018
• Серія: Zetemata
• Предмети: Literature: history & criticism; Historiography; historiography; classical philology; temporal uncertainty; hermeneutic uncertainty; narrative composition; Livy; Velleius
• Онлайн доступ: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Uncertainty is a fundamental part of the human condition. Experiences thwart expectations, and the world is in constant need of interpretation, evaluation and disambiguation. When writing about the past, historians can approach this uncertainty in different ways and either eliminate it from their hi...