The Roman Historians
1st Edition
Published on 31. January 2002
224 pages
978-1-134-81651-4 (ISBN)
Description
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 autobiographies of Julius Caesar and the Emperor Augustus.
Ronald Mellor demonstrates that Roman historical writing was regarded by its authors as a literary not a scholarly exercise, and how it must be evaluated in that context. He shows that history writing reflected the political structures of ancient Rome under the different regimes.
* Sallust
* Livy
* Tacitus
* Ammianus
as well as the biographies written by:
* Nepos
* Tacitus
* Suetonius
* the Augustan History
* the autobiographies of Julius Caesar and the Emperor Augustus.
Ronald Mellor demonstrates that Roman historical writing was regarded by its authors as a literary not a scholarly exercise, and how it must be evaluated in that context. He shows that history writing reflected the political structures of ancient Rome under the different regimes.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
1,35 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-81651-4 (9781134816514)
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Ronald Mellor
The Roman Historians
Book
12/1998
1st Edition
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Person
Ronald Mellor is Professor of History at UCLA. He is the author of Tacitus (1993) and The Historians of Ancient Rome: An Anthology (1997).
Content
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.
