Publications

Publications relating to the project:

  1. H. van der Blom, ‘Valerius Maximus on female speakers’, in T. M. Luchelli, F. Rohr Vio, A. Valentini (eds), Women’s Oratory in the Roman World: the Gender Dimension in Ancient Speeches (8th BCE-1st CE), Zaragoza, (submitted).
  2. H. van der Blom, ‘Reading the oratorical exempla in chronological order: authorial programme and temporal perspectives’, in R. Langlands, F. Kimpton & S. Lawrence (eds), Time and Temporality in Valerius Maximus, Oxford (submitted).
  3. H. van der Blom, ‘Valerius Maximus: story, structure and style’, in J. P. B. Mortensen, E. E. H. Vrangbæk, C. H. Vrangbæk & E. B. Pracht (eds), Style in Ancient Literature and Computational Approaches, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen (in press).
  4. H. van der Blom, ‘Valerius Maximus and traditions about Roman republican orators’, M. O. Lindholmer (ed.), Roman Historiography: Nature and Methodologies, Leiden (in press).
  5. H. van der Blom, ‘Valerius Maximus on republican oratory: frameworks and questions’, in T. Itgenshorst, S. Lentzsch, H. Westphal & L. Pallara (eds), Exemplary Representation(s) of the Past: New Readings of Valerius Maximus’ Facta et dicta memorabilia, Leiden (in press).
  6. H. van der Blom, ‘Cicero’s humanitas? Valerius Maximus on Cicero’s defences of enemies in the 50s BC’, in L. Jansen & C. Pieper (eds), Mediating Cicero from the 50s BCE, London (in press).
  7. H. van der Blom, ‘Tradition and innovation in early imperial engagement with Roman republican exempla the case of Livius Drusus’, in S. L. Johnson, S. Luther & J. P. B. Mortensen (eds), Innovation and Appropriation in Early Christianity: Authors, Topics, Texts, Genres, Göttingen (in press).
  8. H. van der Blom, ‘The diversity and significance of ancient rhetoric’, Museum Sinicum: Journal of the History Department of Fudan University 8, 2026 (in press).
  9. H. van der Blom, ‘Elections and electioneering in Valerius Maximus’, in E. Zampieri (ed.) In ambitione artifices: Electioneering and Elections in the Roman Republic, University of Zaragoza Press (Zaragoza, 2025), 235-256. Open Access: https://puz.unizar.es/3261-in-ambitione-artifices-electioneering-and-elections-in-the-roman-republic.html
  10. H. van der Blom, ‘Valerius Maximus on Julius Caesar and public speech in the 40s BC’, in K. Matijević, R. Raja & J. Rüpke (eds), Caesar’s Visions and Impact on the Roman Empire: Revisiting the Archaeological and Historical Record for the 40s BC (Turnhout, 2025), 89-106.
  11. H. van der Blom, ‘Orator-audience dynamics in Valerius Maximus’ Facta et dicta’, in F. Romana Nocchi (ed.), L’oratore sale in tribuna: Rottura della quarta parete e dinamiche d’interazione tra oratore e pubblico, Rationes Rerum 25 (special issue) (2025) 109-31.
  12. H. van der Blom, ‘Tradition and innovation in early imperial engagement with Roman republican exempla: the case of Livius Drusus’, in S. L. Johnson, S. Luther & J. P. B. Mortensen (eds), Innovation and Appropriation in Early Christianity: Authors, Topics, Texts, Genres, (Göttingen, 2026) 163-192. Open Access: https://www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/pdf/10.13109/9783666500633