publication . Doctoral thesis . 2009

Rebels and slaves: reinterpreting the first Sicilian slave war

Morton, Peter Charles Francis;
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  • Published: 01 Jul 2009
  • Publisher: The University of Edinburgh
  • Country: United Kingdom
Abstract
This thesis seeks to rethink the history of the First Sicilian Slave War in the second century B.C. by reassessing the main literary source for the conflict, Diodorus Siculus, and introducing numismatic evidence for the conflict as a corrective to his testimony. Diodorus’ narrative of the First Sicilian Slave War is discussed, and found to be a composite of two different narratives, each of which stresses different aspects about the First Sicilian Slave War. It is suggested that Diodorus combined the two narratives together in order to create his own, and that this knowledge allows us to read between the lines of his history and understand the history that lies ...
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free text keywords: slaves, Roman, coins, Diodorus, First Sicilian Slave War
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