BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORIANS; 2 THE HISTORIANS AND OTHER DISCIPLINES; 3 SOURCES AND STRANGENESS; 4 MISINFORMATION AND MISTAKES; 5 SHOULD WE READ THE ANCIENT HISTORIANS?; 6 OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION; CONCLUSION; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
Grant shows us how the historians of antiquity routinely try to deceive, but he argues for the continuing vital importance of their work, and offers new ways of reading and interpreting it. An indispensible guide to using source-material
Analysis
Historiography
Greece
Rome (Italy)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-164) and index
