Description: This collection, translation and commentary of the fragments of Roman memoirs, which includes an introductory assessment and definition of the genre, aims to create a deeper awareness of these texts as a literary phenomenon and as an element of political culture in the late Roman Republic, while at the same time making them easily ac
Brief description: Peter Scholz ist Professor fur Alte Geschichte an der Universitat Stuttgart. Uwe Walter ist Professor fur Alte Geschichte an der Universitat Bielefeld. Christian Winkle ist Wisssenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut fur Alte Geschichte an der Universitat Stuttgart.
Review Quotes: "Scholz and Walter (with the assistance of Winkle), have produced an elegant and useful edition of a set of fragments that are particularly elusive and hard to work with. Their commentary provides the essential information needed as background to each text. Their essays comprise both an expert synthesis of existing scholarship and nuanced suggestions about how to integrate Roman autobiographical writing within the political and literary landscape of republican Rome." -- Harriet I. Flower, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2014.02.27