Late Antique Historiography

On the patria of Rome

Title(s):
  • On the patria of Rome
  • Εἰς τὰ Πάτρια Ῥώμης
    (Eis ta Patria Rhōmēs, On the patria of Rome)
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Period covered:
At least 4th c. B.C.
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (patria)
  • Oration
  • Secular history (local history)
Remarks:
The Suda attributes a work 'On the revival of the Romans' to Callinicus (cf. FGrHist 281 T1a; Amato 2009: F6). The relation between this text and the three fragments εἰς τὰ Πάτρια Ῥώμης is not clear (cf. Kaldellis BNJ 281 F1): according to Amato - Ventrella (2009: 155 n. 502), the fragments most likely come from the work listed by the lexicon; Allacci (1641: 256), Orelli (1816: 197-198) and Janiszewski (2006: 214), on the other hand, separate the two texts.
Edition - Translation:
  • FGrHist 281
  • BNJ 281
  • E. Amato (2009) Severus Sophista Alexandrinus: Progymnasmata quae extant omnia (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana). Berlin - New York: 31-45, esp. 43 (FF 1; 6?).
  • FHG III, 663-664
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