Sources for Ancient History (Paperback)

If a scholar wishes to create a picture of a modern society in all its aspects, there is little of what he needs to know that he cannot know, although there may still be much that he cannot understand. For the history of Greece and Rome, there is a great deal which is simply unknowable. From the end of the archaic age of Greece, there is an unbroken sequence of works by Greek and, later, Roman historians down to the end of antiquity. But their vision and range of interest were often limited and much of what they did produce has been lost. Some help may be derived from the documentary material produced in antiquity, material which was the product of officials organising public activities, or heads of families organising their affairs, or individuals leaving their mark on the world. Beyond this, the evidence of archaeology and numismatics may also be helpful. The four essays in this book set out to characterise the nature of the ancient literary tradition, the inscriptional material, the archaeological and numismatic evidence and to explain how and for what purposes they may be used.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Sources of History
Release date:	November 1983
First published:	1983
Authors:	Michael Crawford
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-28958-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	0-521-28958-0
Barcode:	9780521289580

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