Description - Roman History, Volume IV: Civil Wars, Books 1-2 by Appian
Appian (Appianus) is among our principal sources for the history of the Roman Republic, particularly in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, and sometimes our only source, as for the Third Punic War and the destruction of Carthage. Born circa AD 95, Appian was an Alexandrian official at ease in the highest political and literary circles who later became a Roman citizen and advocate. He died during the reign of Antoninus Pius (emperor 138?161).
Appian's theme is the process by which the Roman Empire achieved its contemporary prosperity, and his unique method is to trace in individual books the story of each nation's wars with Rome up through her own civil wars. Although this triumph of ?harmony and monarchy? was achieved through characteristic Roman virtues, Appian is unusually objective about Rome's shortcomings along the way.
Of the work's original 24 books, only the Preface and Books 6?9 and 11?17 are preserved complete or nearly so: those on the Spanish, Hannibalic, African, Illyrian, Syrian, and Mithridatic wars, and five books on the civil wars.
This edition of Appian replaces the original Loeb edition by Horace White and provides additional fragments, along with his letter to Fronto.
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Book Details
ISBN: 9780674997295
Format: Hardback
(162mm x 108mm x mm)
Pages: 560
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publish Date: 26-Jun-2020
Country of Publication: United States
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