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Aineias and History: The Purpose and Context of Historical Narrative in the Poliorketika

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Brill's Companion to Aineias Tacticus , Pages: 68 - 95

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DOI (Published version): 10.1163/9789004352858_006

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This chapter discusses the 'historical vignettes' included in Aineias Tacticus' Poliorketika. I survey the way in which historical information is placed in its topographical and chronological context (or not), how the narratives are constructed, and how these short narratives are used...

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Published in: Brill's Companion to Aineias Tacticus 
ISBN: 978-90-04-22351-6 9789004352858
ISSN: 1872-3357
Published: Leiden BRILL 2017
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