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Characters and Events from Roman History
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Verlag: | Jovian Press |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 02.12.2017 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781537821870 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 203 |
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Beschreibungen
Two years ago in Paris, while giving a course of lectures on Augustus at the College de France, I happened to say to an illustrious historian, a member of the French Academy, who was complimenting me: "e;But I have not remade Roman history, as many admirers think. On the contrary, it might be said, in a certain sense, that I have only returned to the old way. I have retaken the point of view of Livy; like Livy, gathering the events of the story of Rome around that phenomenon which the ancients called the 'corruption' of customs - a novelty twenty centuries old!