@article{Stoltz_2011, place={Oslo, Norge}, title={Fra Sallust til kong Sverre}, volume={24}, url={https://ojs.novus.no/index.php/CM/article/view/50}, abstractNote={Old Norse literature, and indeed Old Norse culture, did not develop in a vacuum. This article discusses some possible points of influence from Roman classical sources both in <em>Sverris saga</em> and on King Sverrir himself. This influence may have come directly from Latin texts widely known in the Middle Ages, such as Sallust’s historiographical works <em>Bellum Iugurthinum</em> and <em>Bellum Catilinae</em>, and Lucan’s epos <em>Pharsalia</em>, or the mixed translation and paraphrase of these works into Old Norse called <em>Rómverja saga</em>, which was written shortly before abbot Karl Jónsson wrote the first part of <em>Sverris saga</em>. The main area of discussion is the emphasis on speeches in both Old Norse works, and the king’s extensive use of rhetoric.-  Furthermore, there is an episode in <em>Sverris saga</em> that shows clearly that the king was familiar with Lucan’s <em>Pharsalia</em>. Lastly, there is the king’s striking divergence from established military tactics in favour of more guerilla-like warfare, described by both Sallust in <em>Bellum Iugurthinum</em> and Julius Caesar in <em>Commentarii de Bello Civili.</em>}, journal={Collegium Medievale}, author={Stoltz, Hilde}, year={2011}, month={nov.} }