Ex-Combatant and Historian: Ancient and Contemporary Reflections
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https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.27.2.305-322Keywords:
Thucydides, Polybius, failure, ancient historiography, fictionAbstract
Both Thucydides and Polybius were ex-combatants who chose to write history as a consequence of their exiles. Their option was a political attitude, albeit indirect. This text discusses the historiographical pressupositions of each historian in order to show how their political and military experiences contributed to the way they wrote their texts. At the same time, it tries to suggest how each contribution can still be helpful to contemporary historiographical reflections, chiefly to discussions about the porosities between fiction and historiography.
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