Tacitus and the Speech of Claudius on the Tabula Lugdunensis

Malloch, S. J. V.

Abstract

In A.D. 48 Claudius delivered a speech in support of a petition from Roman citizen elites of Gallia Comata for admission to the senate. Part of that speech survives on the Tabula Lugdunensisand in a version by Tacitus in his account of the Gauls’ petitionin Annals11.This paper demonstrateshow Tacitus transforms, while respecting,his Claudian source, and offers somemethodological considerations about his handling of speech.

Citation

Malloch, S. J. V. (2023). Tacitus and the Speech of Claudius on the Tabula Lugdunensis. Lampas, 56(4), 319-331. https://doi.org/10.5117/LAM2023.4.005.MALL

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 8, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Dec 1, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-12
• Deposit Date: May 5, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 1, 2023
• Print ISSN: 0165-8204
• Electronic ISSN: 2667-1573
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 319-331
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5117/LAM2023.4.005.MALL
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/20286947
• Publisher URL: https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/LAM2023.4.005.MALL