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Tacitus on Titus? Visit to the Temple of Venus at Paphos

Spyridon Tzounakas

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Tacitus? allusions to Lucan?s De Bello Civili where Caesar?s visit to the tomb of Alexander the Great is describedall contribute to connect Titus with Caesar and allow the reader to view a parallel between the Flavian and the Julio-Claudian dynasty. FurthermoreUNESCO::CIENCIAS DE LAS ARTES Y LAS LETRASthe ?????Motiv and fortuna?s favour that characterise both Roman generals:CIENCIAS DE LAS ARTES Y LAS LETRAS [UNESCO]1135-9560 8276 Studia philologica valentina 567083 2020 22 7762316 Tacitus on Titus? Visit to the Temple of Venus at Paphos TzounakasSpyridon This article deals with Titus? visit to the temple of Venus at Paphos in the second book of Tacitus? Historiae. I argue that apart from its other literary intentions already mentioned by scholarsthe particular digression allows the historian to present certain aspects of his work and his historiographic practices and to reinforce his credibility. 103 114this digression implicitly connects Titus not only with Aeneas but also with Julius Caesar. Titus? affair with Berenice that recalls Caesar?s affair with Cleopatra

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This article deals with Titus? visit to the temple of Venus at Paphos in the second book of Tacitus? Historiae. I argue that apart from its other literary intentions already mentioned by scholars, this digression implicitly connects Titus not only with Aeneas but also with Julius Caesar. Titus? affair with Berenice that recalls Caesar?s affair with Cleopatra, Tacitus? allusions to Lucan?s De Bello Civili where Caesar?s visit to the tomb of Alexander the Great is described, the ?????Motiv and fortuna?s favour that characterise both Roman generals, all contribute to connect Titus with Caesar and allow the reader to view a parallel between the Flavian and the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Furthermore, the particular digression allows the historian to present certain aspects of his work and his historiographic practices and to reinforce his credibility.

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2020-01-01
https://hdl.handle.net/10550/78126