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Abstract
This chapter looks at two interconnected texts which were published within two or three decades of each other: Aelianus Tacticus’ Tactical Theory (addressed to Trajan) and Arrian’s Tactics, published two or three decades later under Hadrian. Both texts appear to draw on the same source material, and it is reasonable to suppose that Arrian was aware of Aelian’s earlier treatise, although there is no direct interaction between them. Their different approaches to the same material offer an opportunity to explore different models of literary and cross-cultural interaction, and also to examine our go-to metaphors and interpretative models for analysing them. While Aelian establishes a series of polemical comparisons between age-old Greek military theory and currently effective Roman military practice, Arrian hints at overlaps between Greek and Roman traditions, both by incorporating a section on Roman cavalry manoeuvres and by interacting with a speech delivered by Hadrian to the Roman army at Lambaesis in 128. Both approaches are equally tactical; and both are revealing of the complex dynamics of cross-cultural interaction, which took place on and off the page, and in literary and less literary forms of writing.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Literature and Culture in the Roman Empire, 96–235 |
Subtitle of host publication | Cross-Cultural Interactions |
Editors | Alice König, Rebecca Langlands, James Uden |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Chapter | 6 |
Pages | 143-156 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781108637336 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781108493932 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2020 |
Event | Literary and Cultural Interactions in the Roman Empire: 96-235 (13-14th June, 2016; Exeter) - Exeter, United Kingdom Duration: 13 Jun 2016 → 14 Jun 2016 |
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Other | Literary and Cultural Interactions in the Roman Empire: 96-235 (13-14th June, 2016; Exeter) |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Exeter |
Period | 13/06/16 → 14/06/16 |
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Frontinus treatises in close up context: Frontinus technical treatises in close-up and in context
König, A. R. (PI)
1/09/12 → 31/08/14
Project: Fellowship
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Literary Interactions Under Nerva: Literary Interactions under Nerva, Trajan & Hadrian
König, A. R. (PI)
1/09/12 → 30/06/15
Project: Standard
Profiles
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Alice Rebecca König
- School of Classics - Director of Impact, Senior Lecturer
- St Andrews Centre for the Receptions of Antiquity
- Centre for Higher Education Research
Person: Academic