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The article examines quotations by Fenestella from Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis historia. The anal... more The article examines quotations by Fenestella from Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis historia. The analysis is mainly based on three passages (33, 146; 8, 19; 15, 1) and aims at showing many antiquarian and chronographic issues that seem to have characterised Fenestella’s work (i. e. the topos of πρῶτος εὑρετής, the interest in public games, polished and complex formulas used to record past events, and the explanation of cultural phenomena based on his own life). Secondly, the purpose of this paper is to reconstruct which of Fenestella’s work Pliny used in his erudite research, since the quotations only record Fenestella’s name. In conclusion, we will show how reflection on chronographic issues seems to play a central role in these fragments. Perhaps, because of the issues they deal with and the structure of the exposition, they could have belonged to a historiographical-antiquarian work such as the Annales.
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RES PUBLICA LITTERARUM. Studies in the classical tradition – XLVI/2025, 2025
This paper aims to examine the problematic section on the verb decollo decollavi in the chapter c... more This paper aims to examine the problematic section on the verb decollo decollavi in the chapter concerning the perfect tense of Diomedes’ Ars (Diom. gramm. I 365, 4-9). To illustrate how the meaning of this verb has changed over time ̶ from decipio for the veteres to ‘behead’ for the moderns ̶ Diomedes employs three quotations: the first from a line in Plautus’ Captivi, the second from the twelfth book of Lucilius’ Satires, and a third one from the second book of Fenestella’s Epitomae. The first section of the article addresses Plautus’ quotation, whose text presents textual and interpretative challenges. The second part focuses on Lucilius’ quotation, the interpretation of which varies depending on the syntactic and semantic perspective adopted.
Maia 75, 2023
The aim of this paper is to reconstruct the role played by literature in Fenestella’s
historiogra... more 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.
Religion in the Roman Empire, 2023
Pontifical law and sacred rites are key points in Macrobius' Saturnalia. Macrobius, however, deal... more Pontifical law and sacred rites are key points in Macrobius' Saturnalia. Macrobius, however, deals with the question as an antiquarian, since the Christianisation of the Roman empire gradually banned any public manifestation of traditional Roman cults. The solution Macrobius suggests to stem the decline of paganism is to crystallise Roman religion into eternally valid truths. This article explores pontifical law in Macrobius' Saturnalia as an expression of the resilience of Roman paganism.
Citazioni in cerca d'autore: tracce di Fenestella nelle 'Epistulae ad Lucilium', in: Casadei, A., Foschi Albert, M., Liverani, P. (eds.), Espressioni e poetiche dell’identità, Atti del Terzo Seminario Tridottorale (Pisa, 8-10 ottobre 2020), Pisa, 2022, pp. 423-436 ILLA - Pisa University Press, 2022
In the Letter 108 Seneca analyses Cicero’s De re publica according to three different perspective... more In the Letter 108 Seneca analyses Cicero’s De re publica according to three different perspectives: the ones of the philosophiae deditus, the philologus and the grammaticus. The section of the philologus stands as a series of notes taken by an expert antiquarian writer. Therefore, since these notes cannot be completely retrieved in Cicero’s work, Seneca might have not collected them directly from this source, but from a hypothetical intermediate one. On this basis, the purpose of this paper is to prove the existence of this intermediate source, which may be identified with the Fenestella mentioned at the end of Seneca’s work.
Bollettino di Studi Latini, 52/2, 2022
C. Nuovo (Bologna) F. N. Silva (Campinas, Brasile) D. De Gianni, A. Ruta (Catania) N. Adkin (Chap... more C. Nuovo (Bologna) F. N. Silva (Campinas, Brasile) D. De Gianni, A. Ruta (Catania) N. Adkin (Chapel Hill -North Carolina, Stati Uniti d'America) M. Buonocore (Città del Vaticano) M. Ivano (Cosenza) N. Corlito, G. Solaro (Foggia)
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Studi e ricerche del Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia, 2024
Nelle lingue classiche le parole che esprimevano il concetto di errore si contraddistinguono per ... more Nelle lingue classiche le parole che esprimevano il concetto di errore si contraddistinguono per una ricchezza semantica straordinaria. Errore inteso non soltanto nel senso più comune del termine, come sbaglio, ma anche come sviamento, incertezza, peregrinazione, delirio, follia, colpa. Questo volume, che raccoglie una selezione di contributi presentati in occasione del Convegno dottorale Noster delectat error. L’errore tra filologia e letteratura (Pisa, 25-26 novembre 2021), propone una nuova disamina del tema dell’errore e delle sue molteplici sfaccettature nei testi greci e latini.
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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.
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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.