Latin Historians

Latin Historians
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 144
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ISBN-10 : 0199222932
ISBN-13 : 9780199222933
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Book Synopsis Latin Historians by : Christina Shuttleworth Kraus

Download or read book Latin Historians written by Christina Shuttleworth Kraus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-07-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The histories of Rome by Sallust, Livy, Tacitus and others shared the desire to demonstrate their practical applications and attempted to define the significance of the empire. Politics and military activity were the central subjects of these histories. Roman historians' claims to telling the truth probably meant they were denying bias rather than conforming to the modern tendency to be objective.


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