Roman Historiography: An Introduction to its Basic Aspects and DevelopmentRoman Historiography: An Introduction to its Basic Aspects and Development presents a comprehensive introduction to the development of Roman historical writings in both Greek and Latin, from the early annalists to Orosius and Procopius of Byzantium.
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Contents
Ancient Literature and Roman Historiography | 9 |
The Formation and Establishment of Tradition | 33 |
Early Roman Historiography SelfJustification | 41 |
The Historiography of Rome between the Fronts | 63 |
Augustan Rome Roman Empire and other | 98 |
Imperial History and the History of Emperors | 121 |
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according adherents Alexander Ammianus ancient historiography annalistic writing Annals Appian Augustus beginning Bibl biographies Caesar Cassius Dio Catiline Cato Cato’s century BC Christian Chronicle chronological Cicero circa city of Rome civil wars classically religious Claudius commentary composed conception conduct consul contemporary cultural current events Dionysius Domitian early Roman emperor especially Eusebius Eutropius example extent Fabius Pictor FGrH Florus fourth century fragments FRH F Gaius genre Greek Greek authors hand Historia Augusta historians historical writers history of Rome HRR F imperial period inasmuch Jewish Josephus Jugurtha late antiquity later Latin literary literature Livy Livy’s Lucius military monarchy moral narrated narrative nevertheless one’s Orosius past political Polybius Procopius recent reign religion Republic result rhetorical Roman empire Roman historiography Roman history Rome’s rule Sallust Second Punic War Senate senatorial sources Suetonius Tacitus Thucydides Tiberius tion topics tradition Trogus turning point Velleius wrote Zosimus