Valorizing the Barbarians: Enemy Speeches in Roman Historiography

Author/Contributor(s):	Adler, Eric
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Date:	07/01/2011
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Comparing and contrasting speeches attributed to barbarian leaders by ancient Roman historians, this book offers a systematic examination of the ways in which those historians valorized foreigners and presented criticisms of their own society.