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Writing History in Late Antiquity Writing History in Late Antiquity
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Thucydidean Borrowings Thucydidean Borrowings
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Rhetoric and Education Rhetoric and Education
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Thucydides Narrative of the Siege of Plataea and Its Afterlife Thucydides Narrative of the Siege of Plataea and Its Afterlife
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Thucydides and Procopius Thucydides and Procopius
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The Age of Historiographical Dinosaurs The Age of Historiographical Dinosaurs
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40 Thucydides, Procopius, and the Historians of the Later Roman Empire
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Published:06 March 2017
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Abstract
This chapter discusses Thucydides’ influence on the historians of late antiquity, with a particular emphasis on Procopius. Topics include an overview of history writing in late antiquity; a look at some basic Thucydidean borrowings, from subject matter to types of episodes; a discussion of rhetoric and education in late antiquity and its role in fostering Thucydides’ impact; the particular place that Thucydides’ description of the siege of Plataea had in later accounts of sieges; and a discussion of Procopius’ particular engagement with Thucydides. The chapter argues that Thucydides’ evident influence was not the result of a malaise among those late antique historians who chose to write classicizing, “old-fashioned” histories, but rather of the immediate usefulness of Thucydides’ approach for those interested in war and politics.
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