- Roman Historiography, Roman History, Ancient History, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Roman Art, Octavianus Augustus, and 22 moreSir Ronald Syme, Classics, Roman social history, Ancient History, Roman Archaeology, Numismatics, Ancient Roman Social History, Ancient Roman History, Roman Archaeology, Film Analysis, Film, Classical Reception Studies, Roman Empire, Augustus, History of Historiography, Roman history, History of modern historiography, Roman social and economic history, Historia de Roma, Historia Antigua. España romana. Tardoantigüedad. Visigodos. Edad Media. Organización del territorio. Valle del Tiétar. Ávila., Historia Antigua Clásica, Historia Antigua, Arqueología, Historia Antigua, Antigüedad Tardía, Roma, Hispania, Mundo Ibérico, Historiography, and Historiografíaedit
- I hold an M.A. in Ancient History (Universidad Autónoma of Madrid) and I have read my PhD on the intellectual biograp... moreI hold an M.A. in Ancient History (Universidad Autónoma of Madrid) and I have read my PhD on the intellectual biography of Sir Ronald Syme from 1928 to 1939 at La Laguna University (Canary Islands. Spain) in July 2015. The thesis has become a monograph, published by the University of Barcelona, link enclosed: http://www.publicacions.ub.edu/ficha.aspx?cod=08573
My research interests lie in the social and political history of the Late Republic and Early Roman Empire, and in the history of Classics and Ancient History.
My M.A. thesis dealt with the political role of the elite women (e.g. Octavia and Cleopatra), during the triumviral period and has been published as a monograph.edit - Prof. Dr. José A. Delgado Delgado. La Laguna Universityedit
Este volumen ofrece un recorrido por la biografía intelectual de los primeros años como investigador de Ronald Syme, uno de los sabios más eminentes y cautivadores del pasado siglo veinte. A lo largo de los capítulos acompañamos a Syme... more
Este volumen ofrece un recorrido por la biografía intelectual de los primeros años como investigador de Ronald Syme, uno de los sabios más eminentes y cautivadores del pasado siglo veinte. A lo largo de los capítulos acompañamos a Syme desde su infancia hasta su fallecimiento en Oxford a finales de la década de los ochenta. El ámbito cronológico de esta investigación se centra en la decena de años que median entre 1928, fecha de la publicación de su primer artículo, y 1939, año en el que se publica su seminal monografía The Roman Revolution. El trabajo concluye con un apéndice documental compuesto por un conjunto de cartas que distintos sabios europeos enviaron a Syme durante los años que ocupa esta investigación. También se encuentran transcritas toda una serie de cartas que el propio Syme envió a diversos colegas de profesión.
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Este volumen ofrece un recorrido por la biografía intelectual de los primeros años como investigador de Ronald Syme, uno de los sabios más eminentes y cautivadores del pasado siglo veinte. A lo largo de los capítulos acompañamos a Syme... more
Este volumen ofrece un recorrido por la biografía intelectual de los primeros años como investigador de Ronald Syme, uno de los sabios más eminentes y cautivadores del pasado siglo veinte. A lo largo de los capítulos acompañamos a Syme desde su infancia hasta su fallecimiento en Oxford a finales de la década de los ochenta. El ámbito cronológico de esta investigación se centra en la decena de años que median entre 1928, fecha de la publicación de su primer artículo, y 1939, año en el que se publica su seminal monografía The Roman Revolution. El trabajo concluye con un apéndice documental compuesto por un conjunto de cartas que distintos sabios europeos enviaron a Syme durante los años que ocupa esta investigación. También se encuentran transcritas toda una serie de cartas que el propio Syme envió a diversos colegas de profesión.
Research Interests: Military History, Archaeology, Roman History, Roman Religion, Roman Republic, and 14 moreRoman military history, Roman Army, Civil Wars (Roman Republic), Roman Economy, Roman Trade Networks, Military, Roman Republican History, Augustus, Late Roman Republic, Oxford, The Roman Revolution, Augustus Caesar, Roman Archaeology, and Sir Ronald Syme
En 1970 Ronald Syme cumplió los 67 años de edad y alcanzó la edad de su retiro. Le había llegado el momento de dejar la Cátedra Camden de Historia Antigua de la Universidad de Oxford y, en consecuencia, de abandonar las que habían sido... more
En 1970 Ronald Syme cumplió los 67 años de edad y alcanzó la edad de su retiro. Le había llegado el momento de dejar la Cátedra Camden de Historia Antigua de la Universidad de Oxford y, en consecuencia, de abandonar las que habían sido sus habitaciones en Brasenose desde 1949, su “casa” por tanto durante algo más de veinte años. Para él este hecho significó un verdadero drama personal. Quizá no sea casualidad el hecho de que ese mismo año, depositara en la Biblioteca Bodleiana un manuscrito hológrafo de 884 páginas al que se le proporcionó la signatura siguiente: “MS. Eng. d. 2099”.
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En su reseña de La Revolución Romana, Arnaldo Momigliano menciona a Mucia Tercia, matrona romana del siglo I, conocida por ser esposa de Pompeyo (106-48) y madre de Sexto (ca. 66-35). Mucia fue un personaje de una fascinante existencia... more
En su reseña de La Revolución Romana, Arnaldo Momigliano menciona a Mucia Tercia, matrona romana del siglo I, conocida por ser esposa de Pompeyo (106-48) y madre de Sexto (ca. 66-35). Mucia fue un personaje de una fascinante existencia vital y una auténtica prueba viviente de la importancia de la mujer como agente político de influencia y repercusión en el último siglo de la República romana, que vio otros ejemplos de mujeres de similar trascendencia en la esfera de la alta política: Servilia, Fulvia; Julia, hija del futuro princeps; o la misma hermana de éste, Octavia, entre otras.
PALABRAS CLAVE: Mucia Tercia, matrona romana, República tardía, historia de las mujeres.
PALABRAS CLAVE: Mucia Tercia, matrona romana, República tardía, historia de las mujeres.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Classics, Roman History, Women's History, Roman Republic, and 9 moreLate Roman Republic, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Historia De Las Mujeres, Historia de Roma, Classics and Anthropology, Womens and Gender Studies, Las Mujeres En éPoca Romana, Ancient History and Classics, and Classics and Ancient History
O arquivo editorial de The Roman Revolution pode ser consultado na sede da Oxford University Press. Lá se encontram interesantes documentos datados de meados de junho de 1939, aproximadamente dois meses e meio antes da publicação da... more
O arquivo editorial de The Roman Revolution pode ser consultado na sede da Oxford University Press. Lá se encontram interesantes documentos datados de meados de junho de 1939, aproximadamente dois meses e meio antes da publicação da famosa monografia escrita por Syme. Trata-se de uma carta datilografada de keneth Sisam, alto funcionario da editora, dirigida a Ronald Syme e datada de terça-feira, 13 de junho de 1939 e a resposta desta, assinada e enviada no dia seguinte, quarta-feira, 14 de junho, a partir do Trinity College. Este trabalho analisa em detalhe e extensivamente estas duas cartas.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Classics, Roman History, Historiography, History of Historiography, and 9 moreClassical Reception Studies, Oxford, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Historia de Roma, The Roman Revolution, Historiografia, Sir Ronald Syme, Ancient History and Classics, and Classics and Ancient History
El archivo editorial de The Roman Revolution puede consultarse en la sede de la Oxford University Press. Ahí se encuentran dos interesantes documentos fechados a mediados de junio de 1939, aproximadamente dos meses y medio antes de la... more
El archivo editorial de The Roman Revolution puede consultarse en la sede de la Oxford University Press. Ahí se encuentran dos interesantes documentos fechados a mediados de junio de 1939, aproximadamente dos meses y medio antes de la publicación de la famosa monografía escrita por Syme. Se trata de una carta mecanografiada de Kenneth Sisam, alto cargo de la editorial, dirigida a Ronald Syme y fechada el martes 13 de junio de 1939 y la respuesta de éste, autógrafa y enviada al día siguiente miércoles 14 de junio, desde el Trinity College. Este trabajo analiza de manera pormenorizada y por extenso estas dos cartas.
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The purpose of this paper is to analyse Ronald Syme's view of History through the work of one of his best and most insightful critics, Professor Géza Alföldy. The two historians maintained a personal and professional relationship for a... more
The purpose of this paper is to analyse Ronald Syme's view of History through the work of one of his best and most insightful critics, Professor Géza Alföldy. The two historians maintained a personal and professional relationship for a quarter of a century. This enabled Alföldy to understand the intricacies of the entire body of work of the Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford as few others have done, thereby becoming one of his finest critics.
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In 1962, at the very beginning of the years of "desarrollismo" in our country, at that time immersed in the Franco regime, a small and almost unknown publishing house based in Madrid, “Norte y Sur”, considered the possibility of... more
In 1962, at the very beginning of the years of "desarrollismo" in our country, at that time immersed in the Franco regime, a small and almost unknown publishing house based in Madrid, “Norte y Sur”, considered the possibility of translating into Spanish Ronald Syme´s The Roman Revolution, almost thirty years before Taurus publishing house finally got it. The project by “Norte y Sur” was not finally completed. It is, however, an episode as interesting as little known in the historiography of ancient history in Spain. In this work we reconstruct the intrahistory of the same with the help of the original documents that are located in the editorial archive of the Oxford University Press.
KEY WORDS.- Ronald Syme, The Roman Revolution, “Norte y Sur”, publisher, Spanish, translation.
KEY WORDS.- Ronald Syme, The Roman Revolution, “Norte y Sur”, publisher, Spanish, translation.
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Abstract. The Ottaviano Capoparte, the two-volume monograph written by the Italian historian Mario Attilio Levi (1902-1988), published in Florence in 1933, exerted a great influence on the process of composition of The Roman Revolution... more
Abstract. The Ottaviano Capoparte, the two-volume monograph written by the Italian historian Mario Attilio Levi (1902-1988), published in Florence in 1933, exerted a great influence on the process of composition of The Roman Revolution (1939), the best-known work by Ronald Syme (1903-1989). The work of the Italian is quoted ten times in The Roman Revolution. This fact gives an idea of the importance that the work of Levi had for Syme. Terms such as “party”, “faction” and “new state”, which recurrently appear in Ottaviano Capoparte, are present throughout Syme’s book. In our article we want to show that Syme had very present, perhaps at his working table, the monograph by Levi when he wrote The Roman Revolution.
Keywords: Octavian; Party; Faction; History of Rome.
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the references about the History of ancient Rome, in particular, and about the Classical Antiquity; that are present in the most famous novel by British writer J. G. Farrell (1935-1979): "The Siege of... more
The aim of this paper is to analyze the references about the History of ancient Rome, in particular, and about the Classical Antiquity; that are present in the most famous novel by British writer J. G. Farrell (1935-1979): "The Siege of Krishnapur" which, along with his works "Troubles" (1970) and "The Singapore Grip" (1978); composed his famous trilogy about the decline of the British Empire and the political and social consequences that this entailed. This trilogy has been greatly praised by critics and readers around the world.
KEYWORDS: History of Rome, Classical Antiquity, J. G. Farrell, Siege of Krishnapur, India.
KEYWORDS: History of Rome, Classical Antiquity, J. G. Farrell, Siege of Krishnapur, India.
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Throughout 1934, Ronald Syme published several articles in which he set out his initial ideas about Octavian, the future emperor Augustus. From this early stage of his career, Syme’s discourse would begin to bring into focus the... more
Throughout 1934, Ronald Syme published several articles in which
he set out his initial ideas about Octavian, the future emperor Augustus.
From this early stage of his career, Syme’s discourse would begin to bring
into focus the suspicious, cold, calculating and extremely cautious nature
of Caesar’s adopted son.
To elucidate this statement, I will discuss the works published by Syme in
these years, in particular the one published in 1934 on the Bellum Cantabricum
in the American Journal of Philology and his two major contributions
to the Cambridge Ancient History, published the same year, on the
northern frontiers of the empire in the time of Augustus and in the years
from Tiberius to Nero.
Especially important for my purpose is a review by Syme of Mario Attilio
Levi’s Ottaviano Capoparte, also from 1934, which has gone unnoticed
by most scholars. This text is essential to understanding the “young”
Syme before The Roman Revolution.
My goal is to prove that Syme’s negative attitude toward Octavian does
not arise spontaneously in the years 1937-1938, when he was writing The
Roman Revolution; rather it is a latent and conscious process that began
at least four years earlier.
he set out his initial ideas about Octavian, the future emperor Augustus.
From this early stage of his career, Syme’s discourse would begin to bring
into focus the suspicious, cold, calculating and extremely cautious nature
of Caesar’s adopted son.
To elucidate this statement, I will discuss the works published by Syme in
these years, in particular the one published in 1934 on the Bellum Cantabricum
in the American Journal of Philology and his two major contributions
to the Cambridge Ancient History, published the same year, on the
northern frontiers of the empire in the time of Augustus and in the years
from Tiberius to Nero.
Especially important for my purpose is a review by Syme of Mario Attilio
Levi’s Ottaviano Capoparte, also from 1934, which has gone unnoticed
by most scholars. This text is essential to understanding the “young”
Syme before The Roman Revolution.
My goal is to prove that Syme’s negative attitude toward Octavian does
not arise spontaneously in the years 1937-1938, when he was writing The
Roman Revolution; rather it is a latent and conscious process that began
at least four years earlier.
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Es probable que un cierto número de inveterados cinéfilos desconozcan el hecho de que, encarnando a aquel cínico jefe del campo de concentración alemán en el que se "alojaba" William Holden en Traidor en el infierno (Stalag 17, 1953);... more
Es probable que un cierto número de inveterados cinéfilos desconozcan el hecho de que, encarnando a aquel cínico jefe del campo de concentración alemán en el que se "alojaba" William Holden en Traidor en el infierno (Stalag 17, 1953); estaba la rotunda y calva figura de un director y productor por entonces ya consagrado y conocido por el apodo de "el Dictador". Ese hombre era Otto Preminger.
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Reseña de la monografía: Vivas García, G. A., Ronald Syme. El camino hasta «La Revolución Romana» (1928-1939), prólogo de A. R. Birley, Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona Edicions (Instrumenta 54), 2016, 280 págs. ISBN 9788447540624.
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In recent years, much ink has been spilt over the famous – although never thoroughly assessed – ruler of Palmyra. In 2005, the eminent Paul Veyne had already devoted a few insightful pages to the subject, with claims that are certainly... more
In recent years, much ink has been spilt over the famous – although never thoroughly assessed – ruler of Palmyra. In 2005, the eminent Paul Veyne had already devoted a few insightful pages to the subject, with claims that are certainly open to debate, in one of his most enjoyable books.
Research Interests: Roman History, Late Antiquity, Late Roman Empire, Roman Empire, History of Women's Studies, and 9 moreHistory of Rome, Zenobia of Palmyra, Palmyra, Syria, Later Roman Empire, Cleopatra VII, Aurelian, Palmyra, Zenobia, Roman history - Roman archaeology - Origins of Rome - Roman Kingship, Palmyra, Roman Near East, and Septima Zenobia
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Forthcoming seminar II LIBERA RES PUBLICA
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Closing talk of the Seminar: "Cleopatra, ayer y hoy: reina, mujer, leyenda".
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Throughout 1934, Ronald Syme published several articles in which he set down his first considerations about Octavian, the future emperor Augustus. From this early stage of his career, his discourse would begin to focus the suspicious,... more
Throughout 1934, Ronald Syme published several articles in which he set down his first considerations about Octavian, the future emperor Augustus. From this early stage of his career, his discourse would begin to focus the suspicious, cold, calculating and extremely cautious nature of Caesar's adopted son.
To prove this statement, we will discuss the works published by Syme in these years, in particular, those published in 1934 on the Bellum Cantabricum in the American Journal of Philology and his two major contributions to the Cambridge Ancient History, also published at that date. In both he analyzes the northern borders of the empire in the time of Augustus and in the years from Tiberius to Nero, respectively.
Especially important for our purposes is a brief review by Syme of Mario Attilio Levi´s Ottaviano Capoparte, also from 1934, which has gone unnoticed by most scholars. This text is essential to understanding the “young” Syme before The Roman Revolution.
Our goal is to prove that Syme´s negative attitude toward Octavian does not arise spontaneously in 1939, with the publishing of The Roman Revolution; rather it is a latent and conscious process that began at least five years earlier.
To prove this statement, we will discuss the works published by Syme in these years, in particular, those published in 1934 on the Bellum Cantabricum in the American Journal of Philology and his two major contributions to the Cambridge Ancient History, also published at that date. In both he analyzes the northern borders of the empire in the time of Augustus and in the years from Tiberius to Nero, respectively.
Especially important for our purposes is a brief review by Syme of Mario Attilio Levi´s Ottaviano Capoparte, also from 1934, which has gone unnoticed by most scholars. This text is essential to understanding the “young” Syme before The Roman Revolution.
Our goal is to prove that Syme´s negative attitude toward Octavian does not arise spontaneously in 1939, with the publishing of The Roman Revolution; rather it is a latent and conscious process that began at least five years earlier.