Historiae Romanae
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Historiae Romanae is a concise Latin historical work covering Roman history from its legendary origins to the early Roman Empire, written by the historian Velleius Paterculus.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| works of Velleius Paterculus | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose work
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Roman historiography ⓘ historical work ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | Historiae Romanae ad M. Vinicium consulem libri duo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateDateWritten | c. AD 30 ⓘ |
| author | Velleius Paterculus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | chronological narrative of Roman history ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coversPeriodFrom | legendary origins of Rome ⓘ |
| coversPeriodTo | early Roman Empire ⓘ |
| coversReign |
Augustus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tiberius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | early 1st century AD ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Marcus Vinicius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Roman aristocracy
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military campaigns of Rome ⓘ political history of Rome ⓘ |
| genre | history ⓘ |
| hasModernEditions | yes ⓘ |
| hasScholarlyCommentary | yes ⓘ |
| historicalPerspective |
pro-Augustan
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pro-Tiberian ⓘ |
| includes |
accounts of Roman civil wars
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biographical sketches of Roman leaders ⓘ praise of Tiberius ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Livy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sallust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPrimarySourceFor |
early principate history
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reign of Tiberius ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Silver Age of Latin literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Roman historical narrative ⓘ |
| mentionsEvent |
Battle of Actium
NERFINISHED
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rise of Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ transition from Republic to Empire ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 2 ⓘ |
| originallyDividedInto | two books ⓘ |
| style |
concise
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rhetorical ⓘ |
| subject | Roman history ⓘ |
| survivalState |
incomplete at the beginning
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incomplete at the end ⓘ |
| titleInLatin | Historiae Romanae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transmission | medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy | modern historians of early Roman Empire ⓘ |
| workStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
works of Velleius Paterculus