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    Valerius Maximus on His Own Activity (4.1.12)
    Classical Quarterly 70 (2): 756-761. 2020.
    As he draws toward the conclusion of a lengthy string of Romanexemplaon the topic ofmoderatio, a virtue highly regarded by the reigning Emperor Tiberius, Valerius introduces a brief discussion on the challenges he faces in producing the kind of account he wants to create. Unfortunately, for a rare passage in which Valerius speaks about his own work, the text is uncertain: various problems have been identified and different solutions have been proposed, but not, I will argue, ones that satisfacto…Read more
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    Baby steps for Octavian: 44 B.c.?
    Classical Quarterly 68 (1): 178-191. 2018.
    Historians of antiquity are trained to be suspicious of accounts that may retroject onto the early years of figures, who were later dominant, positive traits that plausibly were exhibited only later, in essence the creation of a mythology. In the case of the Emperor Augustus, who exercised a firm control on the Roman world for over forty years after the defeat of his rival M. Antonius and introduced a new form of government, the probability that the years of his ascent to supreme power were subj…Read more
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    Valerius Maximus on the Domus Augusta, Augustus, and Tiberius
    Classical Quarterly 50 (2): 479-493. 2000.
    Valerius Maximus’Facta et dicta memorabiliaprovide an opportunity of seeing how an undistinguished talent responded to the demise of the republic and the establishment of an imperial system. Fergus Millar has argued that we should view Valerius as a contemporary of Ovid, that is as an author influenced by the last years of Augustus and writing in the early years of Tiberius’ reign, but the internal evidence ofFacta et dicta memorabiliabetter fits publication in the early 30sa.d.in the aftermath …Read more
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    Suetonius on Augustus as God and man
    Classical Quarterly 62 (1): 307-326. 2012.
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    Suetonius On Augustus As God And Man
    Classical Quarterly 62 (1): 307-326. 2012.
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    Valerius Maximus on the Domus Augusta, Augustus, and Tiberius
    Classical Quarterly 50 (02): 479-. 2000.
    Valerius Maximus’ Facta et dicta memorabilia provide an opportunity of seeing how an undistinguished talent responded to the demise of the republic and the establishment of an imperial system. Fergus Millar has argued that we should view Valerius as a contemporary of Ovid, that is as an author influenced by the last years of Augustus and writing in the early years of Tiberius’ reign, but the internal evidence of Facta et dicta memorabilia better fits publication in the early 30s a.d. in the afte…Read more
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    A Rational Nero (review)
    The Classical Review 55 (1): 247-249. 2005.