Sallust

"With this classic book, Sir Ronald Syme became the first twentieth-century scholar to place Sallust - whom Tacitus called the most brilliant Roman historian - in his social, political, and literary context. Previous scholars treated Sallust as a mere political hack or pamphleteer, but Syme...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Syme, Ronald, 1903-1989 (Author)
Other Authors: Mellor, Ronald (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1964]
Series:Sather classical lectures ; v. 33.
Subjects:
Sallust, > 86 B.C.-34 B.C.
Historiography > Rome.
Historiographie > Rome.
HISTORY / Ancient / General
Historiography
Rome > Historiography.
Rome (Empire)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Sir Ronald Syme : life and scholarship (1903-1989) / Ronald Mellor
  • The problem
  • Sallust's antecedents
  • The political scene
  • Sallust's career
  • From politics to history
  • The Bellum Catilinae
  • The credulity of Sallust
  • Caesar and Cato
  • Sallust's purpose
  • The Bellum Jugurthinum : warfare
  • The Bellum Jugurthinum : politics
  • The historiae
  • The time of writing
  • History and style
  • The fame of sallust
  • Appendix I
  • The evolution of Sallust's style
  • Appendix II
  • The false Sallust.

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