Lucius Cassius Hemina

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Lucius Cassius Hemina was a Roman historian . He lived during the fourth secular celebrations of 146 BC. Chr.

His work Annales , which is estimated to be between seven and nine books in length, deals with Roman history from the early period to at least 146 BC , following the example of Catos . The first book contains the early history with the wandering of Aeneas , the second book from the founding of Rome by Romulus to the Pyrrhus war in 280 BC. BC, the third the first Punic war , the fourth the second Punic war . The fourth book is the only book that can be dated to a time before the third Punic war , because fragment 31 titles the fourth book Bellum Punicum posterior , thus only distinguishing between an earlier and later Punic war.

The narrative is short and historical. There is evidence of a preoccupation with the lifetimes of Homer and Hesiod (fragment 8) and other cultural-historical matters (gods of Samothrace , the Sau Prodigium ).

Cassius Hemina has come down only through fragments from Pliny the Elder and grammarians.

literature

  • Hans Beck, Uwe Walter: The early Roman historians . Volume 1: From Fabius Pictor to Cn. Gellius (= texts on research , volume 76). Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2001, ISBN 3-534-14757-X , pp. 242-281
  • Michèle Ducos: Hemina (L. Cassius). In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques . Volume 3, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-271-05748-5 , p. 549
  • Gary Forsythe: Some notes on the history of Cassius Hemina . In: Phoenix 44, 1990, pp. 326-344.
  • Udo W. Scholz : On L. Cassius Hemina . In: Hermes 117, 1989, pp. 167-181
  • Werner Suerbaum : L. Cassius Hemina. In: Werner Suerbaum (Ed.): The archaic literature. From the beginnings to Sulla's death (= Handbook of Ancient Latin Literature , Volume 1). CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48134-5 , pp. 418-421
personal data
SURNAME Hemina, Lucius Cassius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cassius Hemina, Lucius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman historian
DATE OF BIRTH before 146 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.