Literary Texts and the Roman Historian (Approaching the Ancient World)
by David S. Potter
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- Paperback
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- 0415088968
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- 9780415088961
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Routledge, 1999. Paperback. New. New softcover in printed wraps. (5.51 x 8.5 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes appendix, bibliography, index, and figures. 232 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Literary Texts and the Roman Historian looks at literary texts from the Roman Empire which depict actual events. It examines the ways in which these texts were created, disseminated and read.
Beside covering the major Roman historical authors such as Livy and Tacitus, he also considers the contributions of authors in other genres like:
* Cicero
* Lucian
* Aulus Gellius
Literary Texts and the Roman Historian provides an accessible and concise introduction to the complexities of Roman historiography.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Literary Texts and the Roman Historian looks at literary texts from the Roman Empire which depict actual events. It examines the ways in which these texts were created, disseminated and read.
Beside covering the major Roman historical authors such as Livy and Tacitus, he also considers the contributions of authors in other genres like:
* Cicero
* Lucian
* Aulus Gellius
Literary Texts and the Roman Historian provides an accessible and concise introduction to the complexities of Roman historiography.
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- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
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- Title
- Literary Texts and the Roman Historian (Approaching the Ancient World)
- Author
- David S. Potter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0415088968
- ISBN 13
- 9780415088961
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- historiography, Historical writing, Literature, Roman empire, Ancient Rome, Anthropology, Livy, Tacitus, Cicero, Lucian, Aulus Gellius,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rome;
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