Resumen
The present article will reconsider the historiographical value played by the 182 BC Antigonid military ritual – known as Xanthika. Firstly, in order to appraise ancient historiographical adaptations and modern analytical shortcomings, this article will retrace extant ancient sources and, secondly, its current state-of-the-art. Thirdly, the original Polybian treatment will be discerned from its Livian adaptations, and historiographical distinctions will be proposed for each version. Fourthly, the Xanthika will be reconsidered as a key historiographical device through which Polybius coupled the Hellenic themes of Alexandrian legitimacy, deep-rooted tyrannical discord, and irreversible royal decadence within a larger narrative of the Roman ascendance towards world dominance.
Idioma original | Inglés |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 241-263 |
Número de páginas | 23 |
Publicación | Greece and Rome |
Volumen | 71 |
N.º | 2 |
DOI | |
Estado | Publicada - 1 oct. 2024 |
Áreas temáticas de ASJC Scopus
- Cultura clásica
- Artes y Humanidades General