The Chilieteris (Greek: Χιλιετηρίς, "The Millennium") was a history of Rome in fifteen books, written in Ionic Greek by Gaius Asinius Quadratus, which spanned a thousand years, from the founding of Rome until his time.
History edit
The Chilieteris was written by Gaius Asinius Quadratus in the 3rd century AD, to celebrate the thousandth year since the founding of Rome.[1] Quadratus, for the purpose of having the time period of a thousand years end in his own time, dates the founding of Rome at 776 BC.[2] It was written in Ionic Greek, in 15 books.[2][3] It was probably written during the reign of Philip the Arab; however, its account ends in the reign of Severus Alexander in 224/225.[4][5][6]
Style edit
The Chilieteris bears many stylistic similarities to the Historia Romana of Cassius Dio. Both were written in Ionian Greek, and both began at the founding of Rome, and ended in the reign of Alexander Severus.[7]
References edit
Citations edit
- ^ Rechenauer 2011, p. 81.
- ^ a b Feeney 2007, p. 144.
- ^ Clarke et al. 1990, p. 66.
- ^ Drinkwater 2007, p. 64.
- ^ Clarke et al. 1990, p. 87.
- ^ Barnes 1978, p. 84.
- ^ Millar, Troiani & Zecchini 2005, p. 28.
Bibliography edit
- Barnes, Timothy D. (1978). The Sources of the Historia Augusta. Bruxelles: Latomus. ISBN 9782870310052.
- Clarke, Graeme Wilber; Croke, Brian; Nobbs, Alanna Emmett; Mortley, Raoul (1990). Reading the Past in Late Antiquity. Australian National University Press. ISBN 9780080344072.
- Drinkwater, John F. (2007). The Alamanni and Rome 213–496 (Caracalla to Clovis). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199295685.
- Feeney, Denis (2007). Caesar's Calendar Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520933767.
- Millar, Fergus; Troiani, Lucio; Zecchini, Giuseppe (2005). La cultura storica nei primi due secoli dell'impero romano: Milano. Roma: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider. ISBN 9788882653422.
- Rechenauer, Georg (2011). Thucydides, a Violent Teacher?: History and Its Representations. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISBN 9783899716139.