Florus’s Epitome of Roman History
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Florus’s *Epitome of Roman History* is a concise early 2nd-century AD Latin summary of Rome’s history from its legendary origins to the Augustan age, emphasizing moral lessons and rhetorical flourish over strict chronology.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose work
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Roman historical epitome ⓘ historical work ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
Epitoma de Tito Livio bellorum omnium annorum DCC
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Epitome de T. Livio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approach | thematic rather than strictly chronological ⓘ |
| audience | educated Roman readers ⓘ |
| author | Florus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalCoverage | approximately 753 BC to early 1st century AD ⓘ |
| circulated | throughout the Latin West in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| contains | preface with programmatic statement of Rome’s history ⓘ |
| dateWritten | early 2nd century AD ⓘ |
| emphasis |
Roman virtus and glory
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moral lessons ⓘ rhetorical flourish ⓘ |
| evaluatedByModernScholarsAs |
tendentious and rhetorical rather than strictly historical
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valuable for reception of Livy ⓘ |
| evaluates | Roman leaders in moral terms ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Roman wars
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exempla of Roman virtue and vice ⓘ expansion of Roman power ⓘ |
| genre |
epitome
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rhetorical history ⓘ |
| geographicFocus | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of minor Roman historians ⓘ |
| influenced | later medieval compendia of Roman history ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Roman rhetorical education ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | continuous prose narrative ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Silver Age Latin literature ⓘ |
| modernEditions | published in critical editions of Latin historical texts ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | from the founding of Rome to the reign of Augustus ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | Rome’s history as a life cycle of growth and decline ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Latin manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| structure | two books ⓘ |
| style |
concise
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highly rhetorical ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | political and military history of Rome ⓘ |
| survivesAs | complete text ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Augustan age
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legendary origins of Rome ⓘ |
| transmission | widely copied in medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| usedAs | school text in late antiquity and the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| uses |
dramatic battle descriptions
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moralizing digressions ⓘ |
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