4th Edition
The Historians of Ancient Rome An Anthology of the Major Writings
Introduction
1. Historical Inscriptions
2. Roman Coins as History
3. Polybius
4. Sallust
5. Cicero
6. C. Julius Caesar
7. Cornelius Nepos
8. Livy
9. Velleius Paterculus
10. Josephus
11. Tacitus
12. Pliny the Younger
13. Suetonius
14. Plutarch
15. Appian
16. Cassius Dio
17. Herodian
18. Lactantius
19. Eusebius
20. Historia Augusta
21. Ammianus Marcellinus
22. Zosimus
Biography
Ronald Mellor is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he has been teaching Greek and Roman history, western civilization, and ancient world history since 1976. He was for five years Chair of the UCLA History department. His most recent book was Tacitus’ Annals published in 2011 by the Oxford University Press. His research focuses on ancient religion and Roman historiography. Other books include Thea Rome (1977), From Augustus to Nero: The First Dynasty of Imperial Rome (1990), Tacitus (1993), Tacitus: The Classical Heritage (1995), The Roman Historians (1999), and Caesar Augustus and the Creation of the Roman Empire (2005).
Jason Moralee is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He teaches Greek and Roman history and world religions. His most recent book is Rome’s Holy Mountain: The Capitoline Hill in Late Antiquity.
