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Table Of ContentIntroduction Polybius Histories Appian Civil Wars Sallust Catilinarian Conspiracy Cicero First Oration Against Catiline Letters to Atticus Letters to Friends Letters to Brutus Julius Caesar The Gallic War Livy Ab Urbe Condita Augustus Res Gestae Divi Augusti Josephus Jewish War VII 8-9 Suetonius Life of Julius Caesar; Life of Augustus Tacitus Life of Agricola Pliny the Younger Letters Dio Cassius Roman History Epitome of Book Eusebius Life of Constantine Augustan History Life of Hadrian Ammianus Marcellinus Histories
SynopsisThis work provides a comprehensive collection of ancient sources for Roman history. It introduces Roman historical writing, then traces the history of Rome over more than 1000 years, using extensive passages from ten Greek and Roman historians - from Livy's account of the city's foundation by Romulus to the great defeat at Adrianople by Ammianus Marcellinus. Selections include classic texts by such figures as Caesar, Suetonius, and Tacitus. The book contains Sallust's Catiline, Suetonius' Life of Caligula, and Augustus' Autobiography in their entirety.
LC Classification NumberDG207.H57 1998