Rómverja saga
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Rómverja saga
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Rómverja saga in an Old Norse-Icelandic translation of three Latin historical texts: Sallust's Bellum Jugurthinum and Coniuratio Catilinae and Lucan's Pharsalia. It gives an account of Roman history from the Jugurthine War to the death of Augustus. This combination of sources is unique in medieval literature. Along with Breta sögur, Veraldar saga and Trójumanna saga, it represent the earliest phase of translation of secular works into Old Norse-Icelandic. Rómverja saga exists in two versions: an
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Old Norse-Icelandic translation of three Latin texts concerning Roman history
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2023-08-02T21:17:09Z
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