Tacitean Authority, Innovation, and the Neronian Fire (Annals 15.38–9)
from Part V - Innovation within Tradition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2022
John Marincola’s remarkable monograph Authority and Tradition in Ancient Historiography (1997) was inspired by a simple question. What do ancient historians tell us about themselves?1 This culminated in a study illuminating the complex and evolving processes whereby historical writers sought to imitate and manipulate traditions established by their predecessors as a strategy to underpin their own authority – and ultimately to persuade their readers.
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