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Roman History, Volume I (Hardcover)
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Roman History, Volume I (Hardcover)
Series: Loeb Classical Library
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Appian (Appianus) is among our principal sources for the history of
the Roman Republic, particularly in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC,
and sometimes our only source, as for the Third Punic War and the
destruction of Carthage. Born circa AD 95, Appian was an
Alexandrian official at ease in the highest political and literary
circles who later became a Roman citizen and advocate. He died
during the reign of Antoninus Pius (emperor 138-161). Appian's
theme is the process by which the Roman Empire achieved its
contemporary prosperity, and his unique method is to trace in
individual books the story of each nation's wars with Rome up
through her own civil wars. Although this triumph of "harmony and
monarchy" was achieved through characteristic Roman virtues, Appian
is unusually objective about Rome's shortcomings along the way. Of
the work's original 24 books, only the Preface and Books 6-9 and
11-17 are preserved complete or nearly so: those on the Spanish,
Hannibalic, African, Illyrian, Syrian, and Mithridatic wars, and
five books on the civil wars. This edition of Appian replaces the
original Loeb edition by Horace White and provides additional
fragments, along with his letter to Fronto.
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