224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Romans' devotion to their past pervades almost every aspect of their culture. But the clearest image of how the Romans wished to interpret their past is found in their historical writings. This book examines in detail the major Roman historians: * Sallust * Livy * Tacitus * Ammianus as well as the biographies written by: * Nepos * Tacitus * Suetonius * the Augustan History * the... Read more
Preface, 1. Introduction, 2. Origins of Roman Historiography, 3. Sallust, 4. Livy, 5. Tacitus, 6. Ammianus Marcellinus, 7. Roman Biography, 8. Autobiography at Rome, 9. Historical Writing at Rome, Further reading, Index.
Biography
Ronald Mellor is Professor of History at UCLA. He is the author of Tacitus (1993) and The Historians of Ancient Rome: An Anthology (1997).
