Literary Texts and the Roman Historian

Literary Texts and the Roman Historian
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 9781134962327
ISBN-13 : 1134962320
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Book Synopsis Literary Texts and the Roman Historian by : David Potter

Download or read book Literary Texts and the Roman Historian written by David Potter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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