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Literary Texts and the Roman Historian

Like other books in the series, Literary Texts and the Roman Historian

focuses on the problems and methods involved in reconstructing the

history of the ancient world. David Potter examines the different kinds

of text from which Roman history is reconstructed by modern students,

and he explores how ancient participants in the literary culture of the

Roman empire constructed their own history. In contrast, he also

discusses alternative forms of historical narrative, suggesting that those

texts were produced to provide alternative paradigms to those offered in

the traditional historical narratives. He also discusses the reception of

classical visions of history in the late twentieth century and

contextualizes the problems of the discipline in antiquity with current

developments in the field.

Literary Texts and the Roman Historian provides an accessible and

concise introduction to the complexities of Roman historiography which

will be invaluable to students of all periods of history.

David S.Potter is Arthur F.Thurnau Professor of Greek and Latin at the

University of Michigan. He is the author of Prophecy and History in the

Crisis of the Roman Empire (1990) and Prophets and Emperors:

Human and Divine Authority from Augustus to Theodosius (1993).

Approaching the Ancient World

Series editor: Richard Stoneman

The sources for the study of the Greek and Roman world are diffuse,

diverse, and often complex, and special training is needed in order to

use them to the best advantage in constructing a historical picture.

The books in this series provide an introduction to the problems and

methods involved in the study of ancient history. The topics covered

will range from the use of literary sources for Greek history and for

Roman history, through numismatics, epigraphy, and dirt archaeology,

to the use of legal evidence and of art and artefacts in chronology. There

will also be books on statistical and comparative method, and on

feminist approaches.

Literary Texts and the Roman Historian

David S.Potter

The Uses of Greek Mythology

Ken Dowden

Art, Artefacts, and Chronology in Classical Archaeology

William R.Biers

Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History

Roger S.Bagnall

Ancient History from Coins

Christopher Howgego

Literary Texts and the

Roman Historian

David S.Potter

London and New York

First published 1999

by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.

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The right of David S.Potter to be identified as the Author of this

Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright,

Designs and Patents Act 1988

reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic,

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information storage or retrieval system, without permission in

writing from the publishers.

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Library

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ISBN 0-203-98269-X Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-415-08895-X (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-08896-8 (pbk)

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