A Commentary on Herodian's "History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus"

该项目关注的是希罗德的《从马库斯之死开始的帝国历史》。这部作品创作于公元3世纪，用八本短书描述了从马库斯·奥勒留去世到戈尔迪亚努斯三世(公元180-238年)唯一统治罗马的历史。这个项目的目的是写一篇关于《从马库斯之死开始的帝国历史》的评论，为读者提供广泛的历史背景，从而使他们能够根据当代文学和社会话语来解释希罗德的文本。为此，评论分析了古代戏剧和古代小说的母题和情节结构是如何塑造《马库斯之死的帝国史》的叙事的。它进一步调查了希罗德的历史是如何与παιδεία的当代话语接触的，重点是关于帝国时期的修辞和哲学的辩论。

The project focuses on Herodian’s "History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus". This work, composed in the 3rd century AD, describes in eight short books the history of Rome from the death of Marcus Aurelius to the sole rule of Gordianus III (AD 180–238). The aim of the project is to write a commentary on the "History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus" which will provide the readers with a broad-ranging historical contextualisation, thus enabling them to interpret Herodian’s text in the light of contemporary literary and social discourses. To this end, the commentary analyses how the narrative of the "History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus" is shaped by motifs and plot structures of ancient drama and of the ancient novel. It further investigates how Herodian’s history engages with contemporary discourses of παιδεία, focussing on the debates about rhetoric and philosophy in the imperial period.