Historical fictionalisations are popular with a wide readership today. The better examples avoid expediency with historical fact, but bring dramatic life to otherwise dry chronology. It is therefore surprising to find sober German historical erudition utilising a fictional narrative to impart a copious amount of detail. However, this style found a readership far wider than just the scholarly. By combining historical learning with dramatisation, Gallus, published in 1838, became a best-seller in Germany and was quickly translated for the English market. Perhaps not to the taste of the English, however, was the somewhat burdensome apparatus of the notes which broke the narrative after each section. These were distilled and placed as footnotes, so that the narrative flowed freely. The depth of learning which abounds throughout the book is an attribute of this significant work which should not be overlooked when engaging with the novelty of its approach.

Gallus: Or, Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Becker, Wilhelm Adolf

Classics

Cambridge University Press

Gallus or Roman scenes of the time of Augustus, with notes and excursions illustrative of the manner

History

BiblioLife

De Comicis Romanorum Fabulis Maxime Plautinus Questiones (Latin Edition)

Nabu Press

Handbuch der Römischen Alterthümer nach den quellen Bearbeitet, Zweiter Theil (German Edition)

Marquardt, Joachim

Reference

Charikles (German Edition)

Europe

Gallus: Or, Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus

Ancient Civilizations

Elegeia Romana, Sive Selectae P. Ovidii Nasonis, Albii Tibulli Et Sex: Aurelii Propertii Elegiae (Latin Edition)

Words, Language & Grammar

Gallus ; Or Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus: With Notes and Excursuses Illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the Romans

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