Roman Antiquities: Volume IV. Books 6.49-7 (Loeb Classical by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Earnest Cary

Roman Antiquities: Volume IV. Books 6.49-7 (Loeb Classical by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Earnest Cary

By Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Earnest Cary

Dionysius of Halicarnassus was once born earlier than fifty three BCE and went to Italy prior to 29 BCE. He taught rhetoric in Rome whereas learning the Latin language, gathering fabric for a background of Rome, and writing. His Roman Antiquities began appearing in 7 BCE. Dionysius states that his items in writing historical past have been to delight fans of noble deeds and to pay off the advantages he had loved in Rome. yet he wrote additionally to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the 20 books of Roman Antiquities (from the earliest instances to 264 BCE) now we have the 1st nine entire; such a lot of 10 and eleven; and later extracts and an epitome of the entire. Dionysius studied the simplest to be had literary assets (mainly annalistic and different historians) and doubtless a few public files. His paintings and that of Livy are our in basic terms non-stop and distinctive self reliant narratives of early Roman background. Dionysius was once writer additionally of essays on literature protecting rhetoric, Greek oratory, Thucydides, and the way to mimic the simplest versions in literature. The Loeb Classical Library publishes a two-volume variation of the serious essays; the version of Roman Antiquities is in seven volumes.

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