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  • PhD in Ancient History (University of Genoa - Sorbonne Université)
    Master Degree in Classics (Sapienza - University of Rome)
    Bachelor Degree in Classics (Sapienza - University of Rome)edit
  • Francesca Gazzano (Genoa) - Giusto Traina (Paris)edit
In 86 BC, Cinna ordered C. Flavius Fimbria to join the consul L. Valerius Flaccus on his campaign in Asia Minor against Mithridates VI Eupator. The consul was also tasked with removing Sulla from command of the war. In Appian’s account... more
In 86 BC, Cinna ordered C. Flavius Fimbria to join the consul L. Valerius Flaccus on his campaign in Asia Minor against Mithridates VI Eupator. The consul was also tasked with removing Sulla from command of the war. In Appian’s account (Mith. 51-53; 59-60) –the most detailed we have on Fimbria’s activities in Asia– this brave soldier is a negative example, contrasted with the positive character of Sulla. This paper proposes some reflections on Strabo’s account (13.1.27 = C594) of Fimbria’s destruction of Ilium. The passage, whose evidential value has not been fully recognised, is part of the theme of lost and decaying cities, about which Strabo usually reports the most important historical information. Comparing Strabo’s text with Appian’s, it seems that both authors were reworking news from a source favourable to Sulla, if not from the dictator’s own autobiography. However, our analysis will also look at the reworking of sources by the geographer, who is often regarded as a compilator.

https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/GERI/issue/view/4395?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0pogmiaX5yI3BgdVXSHf0S0dzZNYfHsQezFRyxCmjKUGyoWv68Mbdl8zE_aem_Xk1zQs8key65xDnoHqywpQ
This paper deals with a passage from the Reliquiae of Granius Licinianus (XXXV 85-94) concerning the Bithynian succession crisis. In 94 BCE, Nicomedes IV Philopator ascended to the throne, but soon his half-brother Socrates Chrestòs... more
This paper deals with a passage from the Reliquiae of Granius Licinianus (XXXV 85-94) concerning the Bithynian succession crisis. In 94 BCE, Nicomedes IV Philopator ascended to the throne, but soon his half-brother Socrates Chrestòs claimed his rights to the throne. Infact, Socrates occupied the kingdom and Nicomedes IV was forced to flee to Rome.
After discussing the evidence of Appian, Trogus/Justin, and Memnon, the paper will focus on Licinianus’ account of the Bithynian crisis. In particular, the current interpretation of a phrase in Licinianus’ passage (XXXV 90) is rejected and a new restoration of the text is proposed.

https://aevum.vitaepensiero.it/scheda-articolo_digital/francesco-carriere/the-bithynian-succession-crisis94-88-bce-in-granius-licinianus-xxxv-85-94-000193_2024_0001_0141-396212.html
The aim of this report is to propose some reflections about the role of landscape in the dialectic civilization-barbarism about two passages taken from the book 12 of Strabo's Geōgraphika (12, 2, 7-9; 12, 12, 7, 1). After having drawn the... more
The aim of this report is to propose some reflections about the role of landscape in the dialectic civilization-barbarism about two passages taken from the book 12 of Strabo's Geōgraphika (12, 2, 7-9; 12, 12, 7, 1). After having drawn the methodological profile of the Geographer, we move on to the analysis and commentary of the passages mentioned above. L'articolo propone alcune riflessioni sul ruolo del paesaggio nella dialettica civiltà/barbarie in due passaggi dei Geōgraphika di Strabone (12, 2, 7-9; 12, 12, 7, 1). Evidenziati i tratti salienti del metodo del geografo, si propone l'analisi e il commento dei brani sopra menzionati.
In seguito alla Pace di Apamea, i territori di Licaonia e Cappadocia assumono grande importanza strategica per Roma. Strabone, che – come altri autori greci – è molto sensibile alle divisioni etniche e ai confini naturali descrive... more
In seguito alla Pace di Apamea, i territori di Licaonia e Cappadocia assumono grande importanza strategica per Roma. Strabone, che – come altri autori greci – è molto sensibile alle divisioni etniche e ai confini naturali descrive l’Isauria (12. 6. 2-5 = C 568-569), che egli chiama, non a caso, Ἰσαυρική, seguendo quelli che erano i confini etnici e naturali della regione e non quelli amministrativi (cfr. S. Dimitriev, «GRBS», 41 [2000], 349-375). Il confronto fra il paragrafo straboniano e le testimonianze di Cicerone (e.g. Fam. 15, 2, 1: per Lycaoniam et per Isauros et per Cappadociam) e Plinio (NH, 5. 94: neglecta gente Isaurica) mostra che il territorio di questa regione era stato smembrato dalle divisioni amministrative dell’Asia Minore romana. Tuttavia, in questo contributo si vuole evidenziare anche come il paragrafo dei Geographikà dedicato all’Isauria sia in larga parte composto da notizie storiche relative all’occupazione romana di questa regione. Se, da una parte, il geografo dichiara apertamente (4. 1. 1 = C177) che il compito della geografia è quello di esporre quali siano le divisioni naturali (φυσικῶς) e etniche (ἐθνικῶς) di una regione geografica, dall’altra bisogna evidenziare come Strabone non includa nessuna informazione sulla gens Isaurica menzionata da Plinio. È, quindi, probabile che nei Geographikà, la descrizione di questo come di altri contesti anatolici sia in qualche misura influenzata dall’organizzazione dei territori orientali dettata da Roma.
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