Although the relationship of Greco-Roman historians with their readerships has attracted much scholarly attention, classicists principally focus on individual historians, while there has been no collective work on the matter. The editors of this volume aspire to fill this gap an…
"The ancient historians were not always objective or accurate, and their intentions for writing were very different from those of modern historians. This introductory guide helps to unravel some of the difficulties involved in dealing with ancient source material, placing the wo…
The ancient historians were remarkable writers. They may not always be objective or accurate, and they can be frustratingly misleading witnesses, but their purpose for writing was very different from that of modern historians. This book introduces students to the major, as well …
"The ancient historians were not always objective or accurate, and their intentions for writing were very different from those of modern historians. This introductory guide helps to unravel some of the difficulties involved in dealing with ancient source material, placing the wo…
"The ancient historians were not always objective or accurate, and their intentions for writing were very different from those of modern historians. This introductory guide helps to unravel some of the difficulties involved in dealing with ancient source material, placing the wo…
"The ancient historians were not always objective or accurate, and their intentions for writing were very different from those of modern historians. This introductory guide helps to unravel some of the difficulties involved in dealing with ancient source material, placing the wo…
Tracing the arc of empire from the Rome of Augustus to Justinian's Constantinople, Raymond Van Dam shows how the changing political structures, ideologies, and historical narratives of Old and New Rome always remained rooted in the bedrock of the ancient Mediterranean's economic…
Tracing the arc of empire from the Rome of Augustus to Justinian's Constantinople, Raymond Van Dam shows how the changing political structures, ideologies, and historical narratives of Old and New Rome always remained rooted in the bedrock of the ancient Mediterranean's economic…
Tracing the arc of empire from the Rome of Augustus to Justinian's Constantinople, Raymond Van Dam shows how the changing political structures, ideologies, and historical narratives of Old and New Rome always remained rooted in the bedrock of the ancient Mediterranean's economic…
