Roman history / Appian ; with an English translation by Horace White.
| Author/creator | Appianus author. |
| Other author | White, Horace, 1834-1916, translator. |
| Other author | Appianus, of Alexandria. |
| Other author | Appianus, of Alexandria. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | v.1 |
| Supplemental Content | v.2 |
| Supplemental Content | v.3 |
| Supplemental Content | v.4 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Loeb Classical Library ; 2-5 Loeb classical library ; 2-5. ^A467228 |
| Contents | v. I. Books 1-8.1 -- v. II. Books 8.2-12 -- v. III. The civil wars, books 1-3.26 -- v. IV. The civil wars, books 3.27-5. |
| Abstract | Appian (first-second century CE), a Greek from Antioch, offers a history of the rise of Rome but often shows us events from the point of view of the conquered peoples. Books on the Spanish, Hannibalic, Punic, Illyrian, Syrian, Mythridatic, and Civil wars are extant. 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. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language | Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Appianus, of Alexandria. Roman history. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1912 9780674990029(v.1) 9780674990043(v.2) 9780674990050(v.3) 9780674990067(v.4) |
| ISBN | (v. 1) print version |
| ISBN | (v. 2) print version |
| ISBN | (v. 3) print version |
| ISBN | (v. 4) print version |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |