num_pages: 232
description: 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 * Cicero* Lucian* Aulus Gellius.Literary Texts and the Roman Historian provides an accessible and concise introduction to the complexities of Roman historiography.
language: English
title: Literary Texts and the Roman Historian
titlecomplete: Literary Texts and the Roman Historian (Approaching the Ancient World)
genres: Ancient
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Routledge