Appian

Luke Pitcher (University of Oxford)

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Oxford University Press
17 April 2025

Historiography; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE

This volume presents the first comprehensive study in English of the Roman History by Appian of Alexandria. Appian was an Egyptian Greek and Roman citizen, who wrote his history of Rome in twenty-four books, covering the period from the foundation of the city to Trajan's wars, in the middle of the second century CE. Luke Pitcher explains and analyses what it is known about Appian's life, the structure of his work (which has not survived completely intact), and his use of sources. He then examines how Appian organizes and structures his material, and the considerations which inform his treatment of spaces, peoples, polities, and individuals within history. A full appreciation of Appian's achievement requires an awareness of the deeper structures of the Roman History as a whole: in particular, how the first half of the work (which, unusually, covers Roman conquests area by area, rather than in one long chronological sweep) lays the ground for the second, where towering personalities such as Julius Caesar bring an end to the Roman Republic in the five books of the Civil Wars. The closing chapters build on these arguments to create a picture of what Appian tries to achieve in his history, and what this says about him as a historian.

By: Luke Pitcher (University of Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 18mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 235mm
Weight: 508g
ISBN: 9780198923923
ISBN 10: 0198923929
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 17 April 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Luke Pitcher read Literae Humaniores at Exeter College, Oxford, and did graduate work at Somerville College, Oxford. He was Esmée Fairbairn Junior Research Fellow at New College, Oxford, from 2002 to 2004. From 2004 to 2009 he was Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. Since 2009, he has been Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Classics.

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Appian

Luke Pitcher (University of Oxford)

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