Late Antique Historiography

On the revival of the Romans

Title(s):
  • On the revival of the Romans
  • Περὶ τῆς ‘Ρωμαίων ἀνανεώσεως
    (Peri tēs Rōmaiōn ananeōseōs, On the revival of the Romans)
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Period covered:
Unknown
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (antiquarianism)
  • Secular history (local history)
Remarks:
The relation between the Περὶ τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἀνανεώσεως and the three fragments εἰς τὰ Πάτρια Ῥώμης is not clear (cf. BNJ 281 F1): according to Amato - Ventrella (2009: 155 n. 502), the fragments most likely come from the work listed by the Suda; Allacci (1641: 256), Orelli (1816: 197-198) and Janiszewski (2006: 214), on the other hand, separate the two texts.
Janiszewski (2006: 213) suggests that the work was addressed to the emperor Aurelian, who presented himself as the restitutor orbis, but as Kaldellis (BNJ 281 T1a) rightly points out, 'this is only a guess'.
Edition - Translation:
  • BNJ 281
  • FGrHist 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 6, 1?).
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