Andrew Feldherr - After the Past

Andrew Feldherr

This edition first published 2021

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Feldherr, Andrew, 1963- author.

Title: After the past : Sallust on history and writing history / Andrew Feldherr, Princeton University.

Other titles: Sallust on history and writing history

Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2021. | Series: Blackwell-bristol lectures on Greece, Rome and the classical tradition | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Contents: Lives and Times–Words and Deeds–Pity and Envy: The Emotions in Sallustian Historiography–Tragic Jugurtha: Numidia, New Media, New Medeas– Lines in the Sand: The Representation of Space in the Jugurtha– Brevitatis Artifex: Sallust as Text.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020047590 (print) | LCCN 2020047591 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119076704 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119076711 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119076728 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C. | Rome–History–Conspiracy of Catiline, 65-62 B.C.–Historiography. | Jugurthine War, 111-105 B.C.–Historiography. | Rome–History–Republic, 265-30 B.C.–Historiography.

Classification: LCC DG205 .F45 2021 (print) | LCC DG205 (ebook) | DDC 937/.0507202–dc23

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For my father and in memory of my mother.

1 Cover

2 Title page After the Past Sallust on History and Writing History Andrew Feldherr

3 Copyright

4 Dedication

5 Acknowledgments

6 Introduction

7 Chapter 1: Lives and Times

8 Chapter 2: Words and Deeds

9 Chapter 3: Pity and Envy: The Emotions in Sallustian Historiography

10 Chapter 4: Tragic Jugurtha: Numidia, New Media, New Medeas

11 Chapter 5: Lines in the Sand: The Representation of Space in the Jugurtha

12 Chapter 6: Brevitatis Artifex: Sallust as Text

13 Epilogue

14 Abbreviations

15 Bibliography

16 Index of Passages

17 Index

18 End User License Agreement

1 Cover

2 Title page After the Past Sallust on History and Writing History Andrew Feldherr

3 Copyright

4 Dedication

5 Table of Contents

6 Acknowledgments

7 Begin Reading

8 Epilogue

9 Abbreviations

10 Bibliography

11 Index of Passages

12 Index

13 End User License Agreement

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