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<p>[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 8079508, member: 5682"][ATTACH=full]1402755[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(I hope this wasn't discussed before.)</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite classicists are those who combine numismatic study with archaeological and historical knowledge. Both Kenneth Harl and Guy de la Bédoyère are excellent examples of this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mary Beard had some nice things to say about numismatists. She contends, however, that we are now marble-centric in our study of ancient Roman history, while in past generations we were more numismatic-centric. To her credit, she frequently uses numismatic information to enrich her presentations.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an interesting discussion about ancient numismatics during this discussion about Nero between Mary Beard and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (SEE 14:20 to about 23:45 of the video below).</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrew Wallace-Hadrill mentions this interesting quote by the famous Stoic philosopher Epictetus (50-135 AD) from his <i>Discourses</i>. (Epictetus had been a slave to a wealthy freedman and secretary to Nero. I guess he didn't like Nero and possibly his previous owner, either.):</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]4NR4fTjCBnk[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 8079508, member: 5682"][ATTACH=full]1402755[/ATTACH] (I hope this wasn't discussed before.) My favorite classicists are those who combine numismatic study with archaeological and historical knowledge. Both Kenneth Harl and Guy de la Bédoyère are excellent examples of this. Mary Beard had some nice things to say about numismatists. She contends, however, that we are now marble-centric in our study of ancient Roman history, while in past generations we were more numismatic-centric. To her credit, she frequently uses numismatic information to enrich her presentations. This is an interesting discussion about ancient numismatics during this discussion about Nero between Mary Beard and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (SEE 14:20 to about 23:45 of the video below). Andrew Wallace-Hadrill mentions this interesting quote by the famous Stoic philosopher Epictetus (50-135 AD) from his [I]Discourses[/I]. (Epictetus had been a slave to a wealthy freedman and secretary to Nero. I guess he didn't like Nero and possibly his previous owner, either.): [MEDIA=youtube]4NR4fTjCBnk[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]
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