Ennius and the Architecture of the Annales (Hardcover)

Introduction; 1. Ennius and the annalistic tradition at Rome; 2. The Vergiliocentric sources and the question of the evidence: Ennius and the epic tradition of Greece and Rome; 3. The pre-Vergilian sources; 4. The Annales as historiography: Ennius and the invention of the Roman past; 5. Imperium sine fine: the Annales and universal history; Epilogue; Appendices.