Intellectual Resistance against Rome in the Early Empire

Data evento
29 November 2024

This lecture will examine how Greek intellectuals of the early empire used different literary techniques to criticize Rome and the first emperors. We will interpret the oppositional voices of authors like Timagenes of Alexandria, Diodorus of Sardes, and Pseudo-Longinus, the author of On the Sublime. While explicit criticism of Rome could be dangerous, these writers adopt subtle literary techniques to formulate their aversion to the empire.

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