The Escalating Repetitiveness of Civil War: Lucanian Allusions in Tacitus' Account of the Conflict between Otho and Vitellius in Historiae 1–2

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CLASSICAL WORLD Pub Date : 2021-02-24 DOI:10.1353/CLW.2021.0001

Giulio Celotto

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ABSTRACT:This paper shows that Tacitus patterns his account of the civil war between Otho and Vitellius in Historiae 1–2 on Lucan's account of the conflict between Pompey and Caesar in the Bellum Civile. The characters involved, the setting of the decisive clash, and the sequence of events of the two conflicts are analogous. By emulating Lucan, Tacitus suggests that the civil war that he is recounting is the worst of all times, for both sides implicated in the conflict are potentially harmful for Rome.

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内战不断升级的重复:塔西佗在《史记》1-2中对奥托和维特利乌斯冲突的描述中的卢卡尼亚典故

摘要:本文认为，塔西佗在《史记》第1-2卷中对奥托与维特利乌斯内战的记述，借鉴了卢坎在《平民战争》中对庞培与恺撒冲突的记述。所涉及的人物，决定性冲突的背景，以及两场冲突的事件顺序都是相似的。通过模仿卢坎，塔西佗表明，他所叙述的内战是有史以来最糟糕的，因为卷入冲突的双方对罗马都有潜在的危害。

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