Omnium annalium monumenta: historical writing and historical evidence in Republican Rome: [conferences 2009, 2013]

Historical Writing and Historical Evidence in Republican Rome: Omnium Annalium Monumenta is a major collection of essays by distinguished authors on the development of Roman historiography. Introduction / Christopher Smith -- Part I. The origins of the annalistic tradition -- Fabius Pictor, ennius and the origins of Roman annalistic historiography / John Rich -- L'"archeologie" de Rome dans les annales d'ennius: poetica fabula ou annalium monumentum? / Martine Chassignet -- The discovery of Numa's writings: Roman sacral law and the early historians / Hans Beck -- Part II. Antiquarians and historians -- On the edges of history / Christopher Smith -- Diligentissumus investigator antiquitatis? "Antiquarianism" and historical evidence between Republican Rome and the early modern Republic of letters / Duncan MacRae -- Inspired leaders versus emerging nations: Varro's and Cicero's views on early Rome / Vera Binder -- Which one is the historian? A neglected problem in the study of Roman historiography / Tim Cornell -- Part III. History and oratory -- How much history did the Romans know? Historical references in Cicero's speeches to the people / Francisco Pina Polo -- Ciceronian constructions of the oratorical past / Henriette van der Blom -- Cicero, documents and the implications for history / Andrew Riggsby -- Part IV. The literary construction of history -- Livy's battle in the forum between Roman monuments and Greek literature / Dennis Pausch -- Echi dalle tragedie tebane nelle storie di Roma arcaica / Marianna Scapini -- Figures of memory. Aulus Vibenna, Valerius Publicola and Mezentius between history and legend / Massimiliano Di Fazio -- Part V. History and monuments -- Monumenta, documenta, memoria: remembering and imagining the past in late Republican Rome / Kaj Sandberg -- Visibility matters: notes on archaic monuments and collective memory in mid-Republican Rome / Gabriele Cifani -- Aedificare, res damnosissima. building and historiography in Livy, books 5-6 / Seth G. Bernard -- Memoria by multiplication: the Cornelii Scipiones in monumental memory / Karl-J. Holkeskamp -- Constructing, deconstructing and reconstructing civic memory in late Republican Rome / Penelope J.E. Davies Contents 6 Preface 10 List of Figures 11 Abbreviations 13 Notes on Contributors 15 Introduction 20 Part 1 The Origins of the Annalistic Tradition 34 Chapter 1 Fabius Pictor, Ennius and the Origins of Roman Annalistic Historiography 36 Chapter 2 L’“archéologie” de Rome dans les Annales d’Ennius : poetica fabula ou annalium monumentum ? 85 Chapter 3 The Discovery of Numa’s Writings: Roman Sacral Law and the Early Historians 109 Part 2 Antiquarians and Historians 132 Chapter 4 On the Edges of History 134 Chapter 5 Diligentissumus investigator antiquitatis? ‘Antiquarianism’ and Historical Evidence between Republican Rome and the Early Modern Republic of Letters 156 Chapter 6 Inspired Leaders versus Emerging Nations: Varro’s and Cicero’s Views on Early Rome 176 Chapter 7 Which One is the Historian? A Neglected Problem in the Study of Roman Historiography 201 Part 3 History and Oratory 222 Chapter 8 How Much History did the Romans Know? Historical References in Cicero’s Speeches to the People 224 Chapter 9 Ciceronian Constructions of the Oratorical Past 253 Chapter 10 Cicero, Documents and the Implications for History 276 Part 4 The Literary Construction of History 296 Chapter 11 Livy’s Battle in the Forum between Roman Monuments and Greek Literature 298 Chapter 12 Echi dalle tragedie tebane nelle storie di Roma arcaica 320 Chapter 13 Figures of Memory. Aulus Vibenna, Valerius Publicola and Mezentius between History and Legend 341 Part 5 History and Monuments 368 Chapter 14 Monumenta, Documenta, Memoria: Remembering and Imagining the Past in Late Republican Rome 370 Chapter 15 Visibility Matters. Notes on Archaic Monuments and Collective Memory in Mid-Republican Rome 409 Chapter 16 Aedificare, res damnosissima. Building and Historiography in Livy, Books 5–6 423 Chapter 17 Memoria by Multiplication: The Cornelii Scipiones in Monumental Memory 441 Chapter 18 Constructing, Deconstructing and Reconstructing Civic Memory in Late Republican Rome 496 Index Locorum 532 This edited volume brings a variety of approaches to the problem of how the Romans conceived of their history, what were the mechanisms for their preservation of the past, and how did the Romans come to write about their past.0Building on important recent work in historiography, and the recent memory turn, the authors consider the practicalities of transmission, literary and generic influences, and the role of the city of Rome in preserving and transmitting memories of the past.0The result is a major contribution to our understanding of the role history played in Roman life, and the kinds of evidence which could be deployed in constructing Roman history. __Historical Writing and Historical Evidence in Republican Rome: Omnium Annalium Monumenta__