The Historians of Ancient Rome: An Anthology of the Major Writings

by Polybius, Pliny the Younger, Appian, et al.

Book Overview

The Historians of Ancient Rome is the most comprehensive collection of ancient sources for Roman history available in a single English volume. After a general introduction on Roman historical writing, extensive passages from more than a dozen Greek and Roman historians and biographers trace the history of Rome over more than a thousand years: from the city's foundation by Romulus in 753 B.C.E. (Livy) to Constantine's edict of toleration for Christianity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415527163
• ISBN13: 9780415527163
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 586 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great!

Book was exactly as described and I received it quickly, will definately do business with again.

Good book, overpriced.

(Note: Have not yet finished all sections of the book.) I am new to the study of Roman history and historiography. This is a good intro, but one would definitely need follow-up to really flush out the work of any single historian. (OK, it's an anthology.) The section on Caesar was thin, I felt, and does not really convey why he is regarded as a great Roman thinker. Still, Mellor's input as editor is very helpful, insightful, a good basic guide. But why on earth does this text cost $30?!! (as a paperback?!) What kind of racket is academic publishing!