Appian's Roman History in Four Volumes. IV: Civil Wars, Books 3.27-5
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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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Born probably during the reign of Domitian (81--96), Appian was an Alexandrian Greek who rose to high imperial office under Antoninus Pius (137--61). He wrote a history of Rome's wars from the founding of Rome to the reign of Trajan, arranged ethnographically. Of the 24 original books, or papyrus rolls of standard length written in Greek, 16 have show more survived essentially complete. Appian was not an original historian but a derivative and pedestrian narrator who understood only imperfectly the institutions of the former Republic about which he wrote. However, he used sources for his work that made it valuable modern scholars. This is particularly true of his Civil Wars, describing the last convulsions of the Republic and the rise of Octavian. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Appian's Roman History in Four Volumes. IV: Civil Wars, Books 3.27-5
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- 1913 (Loeb translation) (Loeb translation)
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- Mark Antony; Augustus Caesar; Appian; Appianus
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- Roman Empire
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- 27. ’Ο δ’ Αντωνιος ες την Ιταλιαν τον στρατον εκ της Μακεδονιας διενεγκειν επενοει, και προφασεως αλλης ες τουτο απορων ηξι... (show all)υ την βουλην αντι της Μακεδονιας εναλλαξαι οι την εντος Αλπεων Κελτικην, ης ηγειτο Δεκμος Βρουτος ’Αλβινος, ειδως μεν, οτι και ο Καισαρ εκ τησδε της Κελτικης ορμωμενος εκρατησε Πομπηιου, ως δε τον στρατον δοξςν ουκ ες την Ιταλιαν, αλλ ες την Κελτικην μετακαλειν.
27. Antony conceived the idea of bringing his army from Macedonia to Italy; and being in want of any other pretext he asked the Senate to let him exchange the province of Macedonia for that of Cisalpine Gaul, which was under ... (show all)the command of Decimus Brutus Albinus. - Original language
- Greek (Ancient) (Ancient)
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- 937 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Italian Peninsula to 476 and adjacent territories to 476
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- PA3612 .A64 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Greek literature Translations
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