DOI
https://doi.org/10.52284/NECJ.51.1.article.lukas
Publication Date
5-29-2024
Abstract
Until well into the 20th century, the Bellum Hispaniense was considered the amateur work of an uneducated soldier. Recently, attempts have been made to vindicate this text as a representative of republican historiography by pointing out its similarities to pre-classical Latin prose. Against this background, the aim of this paper is to emphasize the linguistic and thematic continuities between the Bellum Hispaniense and the other works of the Corpus Caesarianum and to demonstrate how the unknown author adopts Caesarian ideology and propaganda.
First Page
47
Last Page
63
Recommended Citation
Lukas, Randolf
(2024)
"Caesare indignum? The Bellum Hispaniense as a supplement to the Corpus Caesarianum,"
New England Classical Journal: Vol. 51
:
Iss.
1
, 47-63.
https://doi.org/10.52284/NECJ.51.1.article.lukas
Keywords
Caesar, Hirtius, Corpus Caesarianum, Bellum Hispaniense, late annalistic prose, language and style, narrative patterns