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Appian: Roman History (Books 1-3.26)

By Horace White

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd.
Year
1964
ISBN
0674990056, 9780674990050
Open Library ID
OL15087182M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
24 MB (25030415 bytes)
Series
Loeb Classical Library No. 4
Volume
3
Edition
Reprint of 1913
Pages
576\592
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Appian (Appianus) was a Greek official of Alexandria. He saw the Jewish rebellion of 116 CE, and later became a Roman citizen and advocate and received the rank of eques (knight). In his older years he held a procuratorship. He died during the reign of Antoninus Pius who was emperor 138–161 CE. Honest admirer of the Roman empire though ignorant of the institutions of the earlier Roman republic, he wrote, in the simple 'common' dialect, 24 books of 'Roman affairs', in fact conquests, from the beginnings to the times of Trajan (emperor 98–117 CE). Eleven have come down to us complete, or nearly so, namely those on the Spanish, Hannibalic, Punic, Illyrian, Syrian, and Mithridatic wars, and five books on the Civil Wars. They are valuable records of military history. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Appian is in four volumes.

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