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.
Literary Texts and the Roman Historian looks at literary texts from the Roman Empire which depict actual events. It examines the ways in whic...
A Companion to the Roman Empire provides readers with a guide both to Roman imperial history and to the field of Roman studies, taking account of the most recent discoveries.
This Companion brings together thirty original essays guiding readers through Roman imperial history and the field of Roman studies
Shows that Roman imperial history is a compelling and vibrant subject
Includes significant new contributions to various areas of Roman imperial history
Covers the social, intellectual, economic and cultural history of the Roman...
A Companion to the Roman Empire provides readers with a guide both to Roman imperial history and to the field of Roman studies, taking account ...
The Roman Empire at Bay is the only one volume history of the critical years 180-395 AD, which saw the transformation of the Roman Empire from a unitary state centred on Rome, into a new polity with two capitals and a new religion Christianity. The book integrates social and intellectual history into the narrative, looking to explore the relationship between contingent events and deeper structure. It also covers an amazingly dramatic narrative from the civil wars after the death of Commodus through the conversion of Constantine to the arrival of the Goths in the Roman Empire, setting in...
The Roman Empire at Bay is the only one volume history of the critical years 180-395 AD, which saw the transformation of the Roman Empire from a un...
