The<i>Lives of the Caesars</i>

Georgiadou, Aristoula

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“…33 Therefore, we can conclude that Plutarch and Tacitus relied on similar sources for their texts; we can also assume that this is true of Plutarch's biography of Nero. There are several mutual sources; namely Cluvius Rufus 34 and Pliny the Elder, 35 as well as another possible author, 36 unknown to this day. In the case of the Pisonian conspiracy, Tacitus explicitly specifies Pliny as one of his sources, 37 but he may also have been drawing from Fabius Rusticus, 38 as well as from other, unidentifiable authors, 39 including the registers of the Roman senate (commentarii senatus).…”

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Plutarch, Moralia 505c: Some notes on the discovery of the Pisonian conspiracy

Habaj

2016

Acta Antiqua

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Although it is primarily through Tacitus' narration of the event that we are able to reconstruct the Pisonian conspiracy, the particular details of the plot can be partially completed from other sources of information. In that regard, relatively little time has been devoted to Plutarch's account-found in his essay De garrulitate-of the discovery of the Pisonian plot. The account to some extent poses a problem, as it does not explicitly specify which conspiracy it refers to. In addition, the account is in the form of a moral essay; most importantly, it proffers a version of the events of AD 65 (when the plot was disclosed) that is totally different from that of Tacitus. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is at least partially to incorporate Plutarch's report into the whole, rather foggy portrayal of the Pisonian conspiracy, and simultaneously to point to the fact that Plutarch's report may not be an alternative to Tacitus' one, but rather a complement of it. The author strives to evaluate the various literary and historical elements of the report, as well as its possible sources, and following the knowledge obtained, to assess its informative value within the broader context of the entire conspiracy.

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Plutarch, Moralia 505c: Some notes on the discovery of the Pisonian conspiracy

Habaj

2016

Acta Antiqua

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“… 70 Suetonius’ use of Plutarch is tenuously proposed by Krause 1831: 6; Della Corte 1958: 139–48; Jones 1971: 61–2; Baldwin 1979a: 115–18 = 1983: 86–90 = 1989b: 26–9; 1983: 49, 117–18, 181, 294, 509, 526, 544–6; contra , see Bowersock 1998: 195, 205; Hägg 2012: 240–1; Fantham 2013b: 189; Geiger 2014: 302; Georgiadou 2014: 259–60; cf. Wardle 1998: 430–1.…”

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Suetonius' Tacitus

Power¹

2014

J. Rom. Stud.

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This article discusses the relationship of Tacitus to his younger contemporary Suetonius, challenging the view that Suetonius wrote a ‘supplement’ to the historian. Scholarly focus on this pair has led to the widespread belief that Suetonius had read Tacitus’ Annals, which is unsupported by the evidence. The prevailing consensus that the biographer may at times be subtly criticizing the historian persists in commentaries on Suetonius’ Caesars. It is argued that where their two accounts appear to meet, Suetonius is better seen as responding to the earlier common source or sources, or distinguishing himself from the conventions of historiography at large.

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Plutarch's Evaluation of Roman Politics and Political Figures

Beck¹

2022

A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic

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TheLives of the Caesars

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Plutarch, Moralia 505c: Some notes on the discovery of the Pisonian conspiracy

Plutarch, Moralia 505c: Some notes on the discovery of the Pisonian conspiracy

Suetonius' Tacitus

Plutarch's Evaluation of Roman Politics and Political Figures

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