The Roman Historians

Ronald Mellor

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English

Taylor & Francis
03 December 1998

Literary theory; History; General & world history; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE

The Roman's devotion to their past pervades almost every aspect of their culture: art, poetry, law and religion. But the clearest image of how the Romans wished to interpret their past, and thus define themselves as a people, can be found in their historical writings. It is in these works that we find momentous events in the history of the people: Romulus' foundation of Rome; the madness of Caligula; Nero's burning of Rome; and the Civil War of 69 AD. The Romans did not record these events dispassionately, but their historical writings were passionate statements linking the past and the preseent. This book examines in detail the ideas and presentation of the mahor Roman historians - Sallust, Livy, Tacitus and Ammianus - as well as other genres of historical

writing. The biographies written by Nepos, Tacitus, Suetonius, and those called the Augustan History and the autobiographies of Julius Caesar and the Emperor Augustus are also analysed to explore how these genres differ in the Roman mind from narrative history. 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 was, political structures of ancient Rome is reflected in the histories produced under different regimes.

By: Ronald Mellor
Imprint: Taylor & Francis
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 410g
ISBN: 9780415117746
ISBN 10: 0415117747
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 03 December 1998
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Roman Historians

Mellor has a comprehensive view of Roman historiography and has included nearly all of the Roman historians... and all the major genres that treat the Roman past. He is, moreover, consistently sympathetic to his subject and tries to treat the Roman historians on their own terms. --John Marincola, Phoenix. Mellor's qualifications are impeccable and very few scholars could have produced such an accessible and informative introduction to Roman historiography. -Religious Studies Review excelent textbook, attractively written. - AJP Sometime in my scholarly career, I hope to write a book as helpful as Professor Mellor's study of the Roman historians Sallust, Livy, Tacitus, Suetonius, and Ammianus Marcellinus..