Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Martin Shedd recently presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of New England (CANE) held at Yale University.
His talk, “Imperial Felicitas in Late Antique Latin Literature,” examined political rhetoric about the alleged perpetual good luck of the Roman emperor and empire. He used examples from public speeches, official bureaucratic communications, and popular literature to show how Roman authors manipulated a core cultural value to promote mutually opposed visions of political engagement.
