Maps, Introduction 1 ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORIANS 2 THE HISTORIANS AND OTHER DISCIPLINES 3 SOURCES AND STRANGENESS 4 MISINFORMATION AND MISTAKES 5 SHOULD WE READ THE ANCIENT HISTORIANS? 6 OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Michael Grant is one of the world’s greatest writers of ancient history. He has a distinguished academic career, most recently as Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University, Belfast, and has published over fifty books, including The Antonines (Routledge 1994).
`Sources and indifference to economic and social history, and
weakness ... are sympathetically discussed and the reputation of
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student.' - Greece & Rome
`It combines a great deal of useful information about the main
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