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The Historians of Greece and Rome

By Stephen Usher

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The Historians of Greece and Rome

By Stephen Usher

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Our understanding of Greek and Roman civilization is in considerable measure a product of the intelligence and literary skills of its historians. Writing at different times and from different vantage points, the surviving historians illustrate the influences to which the genre was subjected in the course of its development. After Herodotus had established history as an independent form of literature, Thucydides defined its purpose and set a high standard of scientific and literary skill. Xenophon introduced new and abiding characteristics and Polybius repudiated the influences of rhetoric and drama and introduced Hellenistic qualities and an new focus - Rome. Sallust, Caesar, Tacitus and Livy among others, commented on the affairs of the Roman Republic and Empire. This book provides a survey of the historians of the ancient Greek and Roman world, exporing their surviving work, style and influences.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
288
Release Date:
1997-03-20
Publication Date:
2013-04-01
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
086292152X
ISBN13:
9780862921521
Weight:
366 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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