Ad fines imperii romani anno bismillesimo cladis Varianae
An edition of Ad fines imperii romani anno bismillesimo cladis Varianae (2011)
acta conventus Academiae Latinitati Fovendae XII Ratisbonensis (Regensburg, Institut für Klassische Philologie, Lehrstuhl Latein, 15.-19. Sept. 2009)
By Jan-Wilhelm Beck
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Leuven University Press
Language
lat
Pages
290
Description:
During the battle of the Teutoburg Forest, or clades Variana (9 ad), an alliance of Germanic tribes led by the German 'hero' Arminius defeated three Roman legions and their auxiliaries led by Publius Quinctilius Varus. Despite numerous campaigns and raids by the Roman army over the Rhine in the years after the battle, the Romans were to make no more concerted attempts to conquer and hold Germania beyond the river. On the occasion of the 2000th anniversary of the clades Variana in 2009, the Academia Latinitati Fovendae (Rome) organized a congress in Regensburg, Germany. This book, based on the proceedings of that event, contains not only various contributions on the Augustan and Tiberian literature related to the German victory (Manilius, Velleius Paterculus), but also some revealing case studies on the reception of Arminius in later times, in history, and in Neo-Latin and in vernacular letters. All texts are written in Latin
subjects: Latin literature, Congresses, Teutoburger Wald, Battle of, Germany, 9 A.D., Schlacht, In literature, History and criticism, Arminius, prince of the cherusci, Latin literature, history and criticism, Germany, history, military, Teutoburger Wald, Battle of, Germany, 9 A.D., in literature
People: Arminius Prince of the Cherusci
Places: Teutoburger Wald, Latein