The Greater Roman Historians / M. L. W. Laistner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laistner, M. L. W. (Max Ludwig Wolfram), 1890-1959, author.

Series:

Sather classical lectures ; Volume 21.

Sather Classical Lectures ; Volume 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography--Rome.

Historiography.

Rome--Historiography.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1963.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1947. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE HELLENISTIC BACKGROUND

CHAPTER II. ROMAN HISTORIANS TO THE DEATH OF CAESAR

CHAPTER III. SALLUST

CHAPTER IV. LIVY, THE MAN AND THE WRITER

CHAPTER V. LIVY, THE HISTORIAN

CHAPTER VI. TACITUS AND HIS FORERUNNERS

CHAPTER VII. TACITUS, THE HISTORIAN

CHAPTER VIII. AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS

NOTES

INDEX OF QUOTED ANCIENT AUTHORS

GENERAL INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Okt 2020)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780520320116

0520320115

OCLC:

1202625364