| Description |
viii, 196 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Sather classical lectures ; volume twenty-one, 1947 |
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Sather classical lectures ; v. 21, 1947
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| Contents |
ch. 1. The Hellenistic background -- ch. 2. Historical writing in Rome to the death of Caesar -- ch. 3. Sallust -- ch. 4. Livy, the man and the writer -- ch. 5. Livy, the historian -- ch. 6. Tacitus and his forerunners -- ch. 7. Tacitus, the historian -- ch. 8. Ammianus Marcellinus |
| Summary |
This little volume discusses not only the greater Roman historians, but also their background, including the Hellenistic background. Thus it has become a general account of Roman historiography, approaching it both as literature and as history |
| Notes |
Bibliography included in "Notes" (p. 163-183) |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography included in "Notes" (pages [163]-183) |
| Subject |
Historians -- Rome.
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Historiography -- Rome.
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| SUBJECT |
Rome -- Historiography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116719
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Rome -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115108 -- Historiography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
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| LC no. |
48005105 |
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