Ancient historians a student handbook Susan Sorek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fern, Susan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historians--Greece.

Historians.

Historians--Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York continuum 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The ancient historians were not always objective or accurate, and their intentions for writing were very different from those of modern historians. This introductory guide helps to unravel some of the difficulties involved in dealing with ancient source material, placing the work of ancient historians in its political, social and historical context for the contemporary reader. The chapters survey all of the major historians whose works are encountered most often by students during their period of study, including Herodotus, Thucydides, Sallust and Livy, as well as more minor Greek and Roman historians. Further chapters assess works of biography and literature as historical source material. Alexander the Great, the subject of multiple works of history, biography and fiction, provides an enlightening case study in ancient historiography. Timelines of major historical events will place the writers within their historical context, and each chapter includes a full bibliography for ease of reference."--Bloomsbury Publishing

The ancient historians were not always objective or accurate, and their intentions for writing were very different from those of modern historians. This introductory guide helps to unravel some of the difficulties involved in dealing with ancient source material, placing the work of ancient historians in its political, social and historical context for the contemporary reader. The chapters survey all of the major historians whose works are encountered most often by students during their period of study, including Herodotus, Thucydides, Sallust and Livy, as well as more minor Greek and Roman historians. Further chapters assess works of biography and literature as historical source material. Alexander the Great, the subject of multiple works of history, biography and fiction, provides an enlightening case study in ancient historiography. Timelines of major historical events will place the writers within their historical context, and each chapter includes a full bibliography for ease of reference.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Greece Fifth to Third Centuries BCE

2. Herodotus

3. Thucydides

4. Xenophon

5. Diodorus Siculus

6. Other Early Greek Historians

7. The Rise of Rome

8. Roman Historiography

9. Quintus Ennius

10. Cato the Elder

11. Polybius

12. From Republic to Empire

13. Gaius Julius Caesar

14. Sallust

15. Livy

16. Augustus

17. Josephus

18. Tacitus

19. Dio Cassius

20. Arrian

21. Men of Letters: Cicero and Pliny the Younger

22. The Biographers: Plutarch and Suetonius

23. The Later Roman Empire

24. Ammianus Marcellinus

25. Tertullian

26. Eusebius of Caesarea

27. Other Roman and Early Christian Works

28. A Case Study: Alexander the Great

29. Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9781441157911

1441157913

9781472540607

1472540603

9781441111357

1441111352

OCLC:

841908827