LEADER 02723oam 2200661I 450 001 9910953625503321 005 20251116145014.0 010 $a1-134-81651-0 010 $a1-134-81652-9 010 $a1-280-10473-2 010 $a0-203-29442-4 010 $a0-203-04726-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203047262 035 $a(CKB)1000000000006961 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283804 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11236625 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283804 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10250582 035 $a(PQKB)10155229 035 $aebr2003705 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC169166 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL169166 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10070718 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL10473 035 $a(OCoLC)796812740 035 $a(OCoLC)1226773695 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB145093 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000006961 100 $a20180331d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Roman historians /$fRonald Mellor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2002 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1999. 215 $ax, 212 pages 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-415-11773-9 311 08$a0-415-11774-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-204) and index. 327 $a1. Origins of Roman historiography -- 2. Sallust -- 3. Livy -- 4. Tacitus -- 5. Ammianus Marcellinus -- 6. Roman biography -- 7. Autobiography at Rome -- 8. Historical writing at Rome. 330 $aThe Romans' devotion to their past pervades almost every aspect of their culture. But the clearest image of how the Romans wished to interpret their past is found in their historical writings. This book examines in detail the major Roman historians: * Sallust * Livy * Tacitus * Ammianus as well as the biographies written by: * Nepos * Tacitus * Suetonius * the Augustan History * the autobiographies of Julius Caesar and the Emperor Augustus. Ronald Mellor demonstrates that Roman historical writing was regarded by its authors as a literary not a scholarly exercise, and how it must be evaluated in that context. He shows that history writing reflected the political structures of ancient Rome under the different regimes. 606 $aHistorians$zRome$vBiography 607 $aRome$xHistoriography 607 $aRome$xHistory 615 0$aHistorians 676 $a937/.0072022 700 $aMellor$b Ronald$0182196 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953625503321 996 $aRoman historians$9702560 997 $aUNINA