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Ancient Historians: A Student Handbook

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The ancient historians were not all the time objective or accurate, and their intentions for writing were very different from those of modern historians. This introductory guide helps to get to the bottom of one of the crucial difficulties involved in dealing with ancient source material, placing the work of ancient historians in its political, social and historical context for the up to date reader. The chapters survey the entire major historians whose works are encountered most continuously by students all over their period of study, including Herodotus, Thucydides, Sallust and Livy, in addition to more minor Greek and Roman historians. Further chapters assess works of biography and literature as historical source material. Alexander the Great, the subject of a couple of works of history, biography and fiction, provides an enlightening case study in ancient historiography. Timelines of major historical events will place the writers within their historical context, and every chapter includes a full bibliography for ease of reference.

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