The aim of this paper is to reconstruct the role played by literature in Fenestella’s historiography. Even though Fenestella’s works are mostly lost, we have five fragments containing paraliterary information, such as chronology, biography or references to other authors’ lives (see FRHist 70 frr. 11, 18, 21a-b, 22, 23). In the first section, we will examine the incipit of Suetonius’ Vita Terentii where Fenestella is mentioned in relation to some conjectures concerning the poet’s chronology. The second part of the paper deals with Asconius’ commentary on the In toga candida from which we learn that Fenestella claimed that Cicero defended Catilina in 65 d.C. on the occasion of a de repetundis trial.
«Artem criticam exercere». Il ruolo della letteratura nella storiografia di Fenestella (a proposito di Svet. Ter. 1-2 e Ascon. tog. cand. 66-67 St.)
Elisa Migliore
2023-01-01
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to reconstruct the role played by literature in Fenestella’s historiography. Even though Fenestella’s works are mostly lost, we have five fragments containing paraliterary information, such as chronology, biography or references to other authors’ lives (see FRHist 70 frr. 11, 18, 21a-b, 22, 23). In the first section, we will examine the incipit of Suetonius’ Vita Terentii where Fenestella is mentioned in relation to some conjectures concerning the poet’s chronology. The second part of the paper deals with Asconius’ commentary on the In toga candida from which we learn that Fenestella claimed that Cicero defended Catilina in 65 d.C. on the occasion of a de repetundis trial.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
