Universal History attempts to explain the world beyond the
immediate surroundings of the author. It reflects a desire to
synthesise the mass of written and oral knowledge about the past
and to introduce a systematic interpretation. This collection
re-examines the notion of Universal Historiography with a focus on
its appearance in the Greek and Roman world and on the legacy that
ancient authors offered to later generations. Fifteen new essays by
a diverse set of international scholars tackle questions of
definition, illustrate the diversity of its forms, structures,
themes and analyses, the historical and intellectual contexts which
gave rise to universalist thought, and its reputation and reception
in antiquity and beyond.Contributors: Errietta Bissa; Tim Cornell;
Allegra de Laurentiis; Marco Di Branco; Jackie Elliott; Johannes
Engels; John Farrenkopf; Andrew Fear; Marta Garcia Morcillo;
Francois Hartog; Peter Liddel; Clemence Schultze; Brian Sheridan;
Peter Van Nuffelen; Liv Yarrow.
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