Point and periodicity: the style of Velleius Paterculus and other Latin historians writing in the early Principate

Stephen P. Oakley

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2020

Point and periodicity: the style of Velleius Paterculus and other Latin historians writing in the early Principate

From the book Seneca the Elder and His Rediscovered ›Historiae ab initio bellorum civilium‹

Stephen P. Oakley

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110688665-011

Abstract

This paper examines what may be said about the style of Latin historians who were contemporary with the elder Seneca. Most space is devoted to Velleius Paterculus, but also discussed are L. Arruntius, Pompeius Trogus,Cremutius Cordus,Bruttedius Niger, and Aufidius Bassus. There is discussion of the periodic and pointed styles, of poetical language, of the use of clausulae, and of imitation of Sallust and Livy.

Point and periodicity: the style of Velleius Paterculus and other Latin historians writing in the early Principate

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