Roman Historians, Hardcover by Mellor, Ronald, ISBN 0415117739, ISBN-13 9780415117739, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A companion to T. J Luce's analogous treatment of Greek historians, offers the background to allow modern readers make the necessary adjustments and enjoy or at least comprehend and appreciate accounts of the past written in what is now the long past. Discusses the origins of Roman historiography, Sallust, Livy, Tacitus, Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman biography and autobiography, and historical writing at Rome. All quotations are in English. The text itself is unencumbered by scholastic paraphernalia, but the back matter identifies the translations quoted and recommends further reading. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

Roman Historians, Hardcover by Mellor, Ronald, ISBN 0415117739, ISBN-13 9780415117739, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A companion to T. J Luce's analogous treatment of Greek historians, offers the background to allow modern readers make the necessary adjustments and enjoy or at least comprehend and appreciate accounts of the past written in what is now the long past. Discusses the origins of Roman historiography, Sallust, Livy, Tacitus, Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman biography and autobiography, and historical writing at Rome. All quotations are in English. The text itself is unencumbered by scholastic paraphernalia, but the back matter identifies the translations quoted and recommends further reading. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()