Religion in historiography

Davies, Jonathan Ceredig

doi:10.1017/ccol9780521854535.011

The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Historians 2009

DOI: 10.1017/ccol9780521854535.011

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Religion in historiography

Jonathan Ceredig Davies¹

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“… 53 Gods in ancient historiography: Walbank 1960: 222; Parker 1987: 190; Woodman 1988: 87; Feeney 1991: 180–4, 256–60; Levene 1993: 243; Feeney 1998: 80–91; Harrison 2002: 64–101; Feeney 2007; J. Davies 2009.…”

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Divine Representation in Documentary Style: Gods on the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius

Runeckles

2023

J. Rom. Stud.

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This article examines the important roles played by gods in the friezes of the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius and argues that they are treated in a distinctive ‘documentary’ style, comparable in certain ways to accounts of divine action in Roman historiography and designed to produce a compelling narrative effect. First, the Columns and the deities they depict are discussed. The article then looks at cognate descriptions of gods in historiographical texts. Finally, other contemporary monuments that portray the gods are briefly examined to bring out further the distinctive character of the gods on the Columns. This analysis will be seen to have wider implications for our understanding of ‘historical narrative reliefs’ and imperial representation.

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Divine Representation in Documentary Style: Gods on the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius

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