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SITULA 43. Appian and Illyricum

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Situla 43
Appian and Illyricum

Avtorica: Marjeta Šašel Kos

2005, 18 x 24 cm, trda vezava, 671 str., ISBN 961-6169-36-X

Jezik: angleški

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FOREWORD

APPIAN - HIS LIFE AND WORK
- Introduction
- Appian's career
- Appian's Roman History
- The state of preservation of Appian's History
- The geographic division of Appian's History
- Sources for his History
- Greek and Latin writers mentioned by name
- His supposed sources and their characteristics
- His method of writing
- Appian's aims and audience
- Evaluation of Appian

THE ILLYRICA: GREEK TEXT AND TRANSLATION

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ILLYRICA
- The place of the Illyrica within Appian's Roman 
  History
- The structure of the Illyrica
- Illyricum and Italy
- The sources and Appian's way of using them

THE DIMENSIONS OF ILLYRIA (Illyr. 1)
- Appian's measurements
- The problem of maps
- The longitude of Illyria
- Strabo's data concerning the length of the 
  Illyrian coast
- Comparison with Pliny's data
- The latitude of Illyria
- Possible explanations of Appian's latitude of 
  Illyria
- Livy and the longitude of Illyricum
- Conclusion

THE MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF THE ILLYRIAN PEOPLES (Illyr. 2)
- The importance of mythology in Greek and 
  Roman historiography
- Appian's genealogy
- The different origins of Illyrius
- The origin of the love story of Polyphemus and 
  Galatea
- The hero Ionius

ILLYRIA IN UPHEAVAL – SACRILEGE AGAINST THE DELPHIC SANCTUARY (Illyr. 3–5)
- Introduction
- The Scordisci
    - Their appearance in the Balkans
    - The territories of the Scordisci
    - Scordiscan domination
    - Their decline
- The Triballi
    - Their territories
    - An outline of the history of the Triballi
    - The decline of the Triballi
- The Ardiaei and the Autariatae
    - The disputed salt-springs
    - The location of both peoples
- The Liburni
- The first expedition against Delphi: 'the 
  Autariatae and the Celts called Cimbri'
- Did the Autariatae join the Celts in their invasion 
  of Delphi?
- The plague of frogs
- The migration of the Autariatae
- The Cimbri
- The Cimbri in Appian's Illyrica
- The second attack on the Delphic sanctuary
- The date of the expedition
- The Celts of the fifth chapter are the Cimbri
- The retreat of the Scordisci to the Danubian 
  islands
- The monarchy of Sulla or of Augustus?
- Appian's source(s) for the third, fourth, and fifth 
  chapters

APPIAN'S DEFINITION OF ILLYRIA (Illyr. 6)
- Appian's explanation of Illyris and comparison 
  with the Greeks
- Some modern assessments of the Illyrians
- The onomastic approach
- The Illyrii proprie dicti
- The Illyrians and the Greek world
- The Illyrian kingdoms and the Roman conquest
- The Roman Illyria
- Late Roman Illyricum
- Modern misconceptions

THE ILLYRIAN WARS (Illyr. 7–8)
- Sources for the wars and their reliability
- The First Illyrian War
    - Polybius's data
    - Appian's data
    - Dio's data
- The Second Illyrian War
    - Polybius' data
    - Appian's and Dio's data
    - The absence of Scerdilaidas in Appian
    - Demetrius and the Histri
    - The Atintanes
    - Demetrius' death
    - Pinnes
- The Third Illyrian War
    - Scerdilaidas and Pleuratus
    - The reign of Genthius
    - Livy's description of the war
    - Differing data in Appian
CONQUESTS OF ILLYRICUM IN THE SECOND AND EARLY FIRST CENTURIES BC (Illyr. 10–11)
- The Delmatae
- The First Delmataean War
- C. Fannius Strabo, C. Marcius Figulus, and 
  P. Cornelius Scipio Nascia
- The Scordisci – allies of the Delmatae?
- Delmium/Delminium
- L. Caecilius Metellus
- C. Cosconius
- The Ardei and Palarii, and Ser. Fulvius Flaccus
- C. Sempronius Tuditanus and Ti. (Latinius?)
  Pandusa
- L. Aurelius Cotta and 'Metellus'

CAESAR AND ILLYRICUM (Illyr. 12–13; 15)
- Appian's account and the extent of Illyricum 
  at the time of Caesar
- Caesar's proconsulship in Illyricum
- The Pirustae
- Promona
- A. Gabinius
- The first mission of Gabinius, the defeat of 
  C. Antonius, and the siege of Salonae by M.
  Octavius
- P. Vatinius and the battle at Tauris
- The embassy of the Delmatae and Vatinius'
  proconsulship
- Vatinius' march to Dyrrhachium
- C. Asinius Pollio

APPIAN'S PAEONES (Illyr. 14)
- Pannonians and Paeonians
- The wars against the Pannonians and the 
  Segestani
- The enigmatic Cornelius
- The Scordisci
- Cornelius and Augustus' Commentarii

OCTAVIAN'S CAMPAIGNS IN ILLYRICUM (Illyr. 15–28)
- Appian's source(s)
- The historical and geographical situation of 
  Illyricum before Octavian: considerations on
  a long-lasting conquest
- Peoples offering only slight resistance
- Appian's second group of peoples
- The third group of peoples, attacked by
  Octavian
    - The Salassi
    - The Iapodes
    - Strabo's location of the Iapodes
    - The Cisalpine Iapodes
    - The Transalpine Iapodes
    - Segesta
    - Military campaigns in Dalmatia
- The disputed date od the Triumvirate
- The Derbani
- Hostages
- The extent of Octavian's Illyrian Wars and
  their motives
- Illyricum in the light of Octavian's aspirations:
  some modern considerations
- The evaluation of Octavian's Illyrian Wars

RAETIA AND NORICUM (Illyr. 30)
- The Raeti
- The Norici

MOESIA IN APPIAN'S ILLYRICA (Illyr. 30)
- The most important stages in the conquest of
  Moesia before M. Terentius Varro Lucullus
- The Western Pontic cities
- M. Terentius Varro Lucullus
- C. Antonius Hybrida and Burebistas
- An outline of the conquest of Moesia
- M. Licinius Crassus
- Macedonian governors after M. Licinius Crassus:
  the military independence of Moesia
- When did Moesia become a province?

DATA RELATING TO ILLYRIA, DRAWN FROM OTHER PARTS OF APPIAN'S ROMAN HISTORY
- Boundaries of the Roman world
- The invasion of the Cimbri into Noricum
- Short notes concerning the Illyrian Wars
- From Pompey's war against the pirates
- Mithridates' planned attack on Italy through the
  Balkans
- C. Sempronius Tuditanus
- A military base agains Sulla in Liburnia
- Caesar's wish to retain Illyricum and Cisalpine
  Gaul
- The mythical origins of Epidamnus/Dyrrhachium
- The period just before and after Caesar's death
- Octavian
- Brutus and Cassius
- Decimus Brutus
- Before the battle at Philippi
- The pact of Brundisium
- Antony and Octavian after Brundisium

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED
- Abbreviations
- Editions and translations of Appian's works
- Works cited

INDEX
 

 

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