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The Fragments of the Roman Historians (Multiple copy pack, New)
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The Fragments of the Roman Historians (Multiple copy pack, New)
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The Fragments of the Roman Historians is a definitive and
comprehensive edition of the fragmentary texts of all the Roman
historians whose works are lost. Historical writing was an
important part of the literary culture of ancient Rome, and its
best-known exponents, including Sallust, Livy, Tacitus, and
Suetonius, provide much of our knowledge of Roman history. However,
these authors constitute only a small minority of the Romans who
wrote historical works from around 200 BC to AD 250. In this period
we know of more than 100 writers of history, biography, and memoirs
whose works no longer survive for us to read. They include
well-known figures such as Cato the Elder, Sulla, Cicero, and the
emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius, Hadrian, and Septimius
Severus. Beginning with a detailed introduction explaining the
history of scholarly research on the subject, the principles and
methods used in editing the fragmentary texts, the literary style
of the historians, and a surevy of the secondary texts that cite
and preserve the fragments of the lost works, these three volumes
bring together everything that is known about these historians and
their works. Volume one provides an introduction to each historian,
outlining what is known of their life and works. Volume two sets
out the critical text with facing English translation, and volume
three offers a detailed and up-to-date commentary on each of the
historical fragments. The work also lists the full concordances
with previous editions and contains detailed indexes. Undertaken as
a collaborative research project by a team of ten UK-based
scholars, this work will become an important and standard text for
anyone working on the Roman historians and ancient history.
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