Livy, Hannibal's Monument, and the Temple of Juno at Croton

Jaeger, Mary

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“…M. Jaeger rightly notes that formal efforts aiming to commemorate Hannibal's achievements were a part of Middle Eastern tradition 59 . Therefore, the Carthaginian general relied on various means and tools to build his political image.…”

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Silenus of Kale Akte and the propaganda process of building Hannibal’s image

Wolny

2023

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The article examines the role of Greek historian Silenus in building a strategic narrative about the Second Punic War (218–201 BCE) and Hannibal’s image for the needs of political propaganda. Historical annals composed by Lucius Coelius Antipater, a Roman jurist and historian, provide an interesting framework for drawing conclusions about Silenus’ work. An analysis of formal and substantive principles in Coelius’ annals supports the identification of similarities in both authors’ works and the modifications introduced by the Roman historian. Silenus was tasked with building a historical narrative in support of Carthage, and he resorted to various literary devices to paint a positive image of the Carthaginian general. These propaganda measures incorporated religious elements, as evidenced by two events described in Cicero’s De divinatione: Hannibal’s dream at the beginning of the invasion in the Apennine Mountains, and the general’s stay in Capo Colonna towards the end of the Italian campaign. These episodes were clearly derived from Silenus’ works, which suggests that Hannibal resorted to various tools to build his political image. In addition to formal references to Hellenic literature, Hannibal’s propagandist relied also on the language of communication derived from a “hieratic” approach to glorifying own achievements and Middle Eastern traditions. The aim of these literary manipulations was to convince the readers that the worlds of gods and humans are entangled, and that political and military leaders are endowed with miraculous powers that enable them to rise to victory. Coelius introduced some modifications to Silenus’ original work, possibly with the intent of concealing his attempts at portraying Hannibal as a Carthaginian leader with divine status.

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Silenus of Kale Akte and the propaganda process of building Hannibal’s image

Wolny

2023

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“…18 FeLdherr 2003. 19 miLes 1995JaeGer 1997;FeLdherr, 1998;Levene 2010. 20 See uLLmann 1942WaLbanK 1955;WaLbanK 1955;WeiL 1960.…”

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Juno and the interpretationes Romanae in the mirror of Livy’s writing of history

Miquel

2017

Acta Antiqua

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It is not surprising, given that the Ab urbe condita is an important source of information about Roman religious practices, to find frequent mentions of Juno's shrines or cults in Livy's work. Yet, we have to ask ourselves to what extent this religious data has been rewritten and recomposed according to the Roman historiographical tradition in order to provide the audience with a particular view of Roman history. A further study allows us to distinguish two kinds of Junones: Roman and Italian Junones who stood as a protective goddess of Rome, on the one hand, and on the other, Junones from the borders of the Roman world, who supported or questioned Rome's identity and its Empire's guiding principles in the historical narrative.

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Maior et clarior victoria : Hannibal and Tarentum in Livy

Chlup¹

2009

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1 23.43.4, quod ad bellum Romanum attineret, si Trasumenni quam Trebiae, si Cannarum quam Trasumenni pugna nobilior esset, Cannarum se quoque memoriam obscuram maiore et clariore victoria facturum ("as for the war with Rome, if the battle of Trasimene outshone the Trebia, and if Cannae outshone Trasimene, he was going to win a greater and more brilliant victory that would eclipse even the memory of Cannae"). My (modified) translations of Livy are adapted from the Oxford World's Classics edition of J. C. Yardley and D. Hoyos (Oxford 2006); those of Polybius from the Penguin translation of I. Scott-Kilvert and F. W. Walbank (London 1979); and those of Plutarch's Life of Fabius Maximus from the Loeb edition of B. Perrin (Cambridge, Mass., 1916). References to Appian are to his Hannibalic War. For comments on earlier drafts of this paper (including the section of the Livy chapter of my 2004 Durham Ph.D. thesis in which it originally appeared), I thank David Levene, C.

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Livy, Hannibal's Monument, and the Temple of Juno at Croton

Cited by 5 publications

References 36 publications

Silenus of Kale Akte and the propaganda process of building Hannibal’s image

Silenus of Kale Akte and the propaganda process of building Hannibal’s image

Juno and the interpretationes Romanae in the mirror of Livy’s writing of history

Maior et clarior victoria : Hannibal and Tarentum in Livy

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