Question

Describe the sources of study of Roman Civilisation

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Below you'll find a list of the periods of ancient Rome (753 BC.-A.D. 476) followed by the main ancient historians of that period.

When writing about history, primary written sources are preferred. Unfortunately, this can be difficult for ancient history. Although technically those ancient writers who lived after the events are secondary sources, they have two possible advantages over modern secondary sources:

they lived roughly two millennia closer to the events in question andthey may have had access to primary source materials.

Here are the names and relevant periods for some of the main ancient Latin and Greek sources for Roman history. Some of these historians lived at the time of the events, and, therefore, may actually be primary sources, but others, especially Plutarch (c. A.D. 45-125), who covers men from multiple eras, lived later than the events they describe.

From the Founding to the Beginning of the Punic Wars (754-261 B.C.)

Most of this period is legendary, especially before the fourth century. This was the time of kings and then the expansion of Rome into Italy.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus (fl. c.20 B.C.)Livy (c.59 B.C.-c. A.D. 17)Plutarch's lives ofRomulusNumaCoriolanusPoplicolaCamillus

From the Punic Wars to the Civil Wars Under the Gracchi (264-134 B.C.)

By this period, there were historical records. This was a period when Rome expanded beyond the borders of Italy and dealt with the conflict between plebeians and patricians.

Polybius (c.200-c.120 B.C.)LivyAppian (c. A.D.95-165)Florus (c.70?-c.140?)Plutarch's lives ofFabius MaximusP. AemiliusMarcellusM. CatoFlaminius

From the Civil Wars to the Fall of the Republic (30 B.C.)

This was an exciting and violent period of Roman history dominated by powerful individuals, like Caesar, who also provides eye witness accounts of his military campaigns.