Literary Texts and the Roman Historian by Potter, David

Literary Texts and the Roman Historian (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415088961)

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Literary Texts and the Roman Historian by Potter, David

Literary Texts and the Roman Historian

$46.95
Literary Texts and the Roman Historian by Potter, David

Literary Texts and the Roman Historian

$46.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: David Potter
ISBN-10: 0415088968
ISBN-13: 9780415088961
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 02/11/1999
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.46w x 0.52d

By David Potter
By David Potter
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David S. Potter is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. he is the author of prophecy and History in the Crisis of the Roman Empire (1990) and Prophets and Emperors: Human and Divine Authority from Augustus to Theodosius (1993)

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