Literary Texts and the Roman Historian (Approaching the Ancient World)
Routledge, 1999. Paperback. New softcover in printed wraps. (5.51 x 8.5 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes appendix, bibliography, index, and figures. 232 pp.
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ISBN: 0415088968
Literary Texts and the Roman Historian looks at literary texts from the Roman Empire which depict actual events. It examines the ways in which these texts were created, disseminated and read.
Beside covering the major Roman historical authors such as Livy and Tacitus, he also considers the contributions of authors in other genres like:
* Cicero
* Lucian
* Aulus Gellius
Literary Texts and the Roman Historian provides an accessible and concise introduction to the complexities of Roman historiography.
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