Myth and History in the Historiography of Early Rome

Tim Cornell is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the University of Manchester and recently (2018–22) President of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. He is the General Editor of The Fragments of the Roman Historians (2013).Nicolas L.J. Meunier is the author of a commented translation of Ennius’ Annales and of a study on Livy. He is currently Assistant Professor of Latin Language and Ancient History at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain).Daniele Miano is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oslo. He has worked on polytheism in ancient Italy, on memorial practices in republican Rome, and on ancient and modern historiography.Contributors are: Edoardo Bianchi, Tim Cornell, Roman M. Frolov, Chantal Gabrielli, Amber Gartrell, Nicolas L.J. Meunier, Daniele Miano, Marine Miquel, Jaclyn Neel, Stephen Oakley.

• ContentsHistoriography of Rome and Its Empire SeriesCarsten H. Lange and Jesper M. MadsenAcknowledgementsNote on Contributors1 Introduction: The Historiography of Myth in HistoriographyDaniele Miano2 The Epiphanies of the Dioscuri: Myth or History?Amber Gartrell3 Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Theopompus, and the Historical Marvel: The Rhetoric of Myth and the Myth of RhetoricDaniele Miano4 Augustan Historiography on the Mythical Aborigines: Ideology and Erudition in Dionysius, Trogus, and TimagenesEdoardo Bianchi5 The Methodology of Dionysius of Halicarnassus in Book 1 of the Roman AntiquitiesTim Cornell6 Privatus or tribunus celerum? The Myth of Lucius Brutus and the Political Role of Private IndividualsRoman M. Frolov7 Political Violence between Myth and History: The Examples of Accius and CiceroChantal Gabrielli8 The Decemvirate and the Second Secession of the Plebs (451–449 BCE): A Historiographical fabulaNicolas L.J. Meunier9 Men, Gods and Places in Early Rome: Myths in History in the First Century BCEMarine Miquel10 The Precise Dating of Events in Dionysius’ Narrative of Rome’s KingsStephen P. Oakley11 Sculpting History into Myth: Tarpeia and Foreign ConquestJaclyn NeelIndex

"This book is a must-read for anyone working on the historiography of early Rome, but individual chapters will also be useful for undergraduates studying specific topics or authors."Fred K. Drogula, BMCR 2024.11.25.