This work provides a comprehensive collection of ancient sources for Roman history. It introduces Roman historical writing, then traces the history of Rome over more than 1000 years, using extensive passages from ten Greek and Roman historians - from Livy's account of the city's foundation by Romulus to the great defeat at Adrianople by Ammianus Marcellinus. Selections include classic texts by such figures as Caesar, Suetonius, and Tacitus. The book contains Sallust's "Catiline", Suetonius' "Life of Caligula", and Augustus' "Autobiography" in their entirety.
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"From reviews of the first edition: "The Historians of Ancient Rome will certainly and deservedly satisfy many, more, in fact, than any of its competitors"
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Ronald Mellor is Professor of History at UCLA. Among his books are The Roman Historians, a survey and critical analysis of these writings, and Tacitus, which was a selection of the History Book Club. Both are published by Routledge.
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(Note: Have not yet finished all sections of the book.) I am new to the study of Roman history and historiography. This is a good intro, but one would definitely need follow-up to really flush out the work of any single historian. (OK, it's an anthology.) The section on Caesar was thin, I felt, and does not really convey why he is regarded as a great Roman thinker. Still, Mellor's input as editor is very helpful, insightful, a good basic guide. But why on earth does this text cost $30?!! (as a paperback?!) What kind of racket is academic publishing!
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Polybius was born in the Peloponnesian city of Megalopolis about 202 B.C.E. His father, Lycortas, became the leading figure in the Achaean League-an alliance of Greek city-states-and young Polybius held military office and also served on embassies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
praetorian cohorts, ooo sesterces, javelin men, ten commissioners, ooo infantry, tribunician power, other consul, consular rank, thousand sesterces, ooo cavalry, senate decreed, baggage animals, equestrian order Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gaius Caesar, Divine Augustus, Servius Tullius, Campus Martius, Fathers of the Senate, Appius Claudius, Julius Caesar, Gallic War, Prisci Latini, Tiberius Nero, Cornelius Scipio, New Carthage, King Antiochus, Lucius Arruntius, Marcus Agrippa, Mars the Avenger, Sextus Tarquin, Fair Promontory, Fulvius Flaccus, King Philip, Marc Antony, Marcus Crassus, Marcus Lepidus, Marcus Piso, The Achievements of the Deified Augustus New!
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Polybius was born in the Peloponnesian city of Megalopolis about 202 B.C.E. His father, Lycortas, became the leading figure in the Achaean League-an alliance of Greek city-states-and young Polybius held military office and also served on embassies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
praetorian cohorts, ooo sesterces, javelin men, ten commissioners, ooo infantry, tribunician power, other consul, consular rank, thousand sesterces, ooo cavalry, senate decreed, baggage animals, equestrian order Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gaius Caesar, Divine Augustus, Servius Tullius, Campus Martius, Fathers of the Senate, Appius Claudius, Julius Caesar, Gallic War, Prisci Latini, Tiberius Nero, Cornelius Scipio, New Carthage, King Antiochus, Lucius Arruntius, Marcus Agrippa, Mars the Avenger, Sextus Tarquin, Fair Promontory, Fulvius Flaccus, King Philip, Marc Antony, Marcus Crassus, Marcus Lepidus, Marcus Piso, The Achievements of the Deified Augustus New!
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- The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics) by Suetonius in Front Matter, page 365, and Back Matter
- King Philip: Wampanoag Rebel (North American Indians of Achievement) by Joseph Roman on page 318, page 321, and page 322
- The Lives of the Twelve Caesars by Suetonius in Front Matter, and page 365
- The Civil Wars (Penguin Classics) by Appian on page 61, and Back Matter
- The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: V3 by C. Suetonius Tranquillus in Front Matter, and page 365
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