A Civilized Gaul: Caesar's Portrait of Piso Aquitanus (De Bello Gallico 4.12.4-6).

A literary analysis of the portrait of Piso Aquitanus (Gal. 4.12), a Gaul killed together with his brother in a cavalry engagement with the Usipetes and Tencteri in 55 BC E. The portrait is first discussed against the literary tradition of heroic brothers in epic and in historiography. The function...

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Publicado en:Mnemosyne Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 391 - 405
Autor principal: Brown, Robert D.
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Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers 2014
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        Caesar, Julius, 100 B.C.-44 B.C.
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        Germans in literature
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