Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition Timeline Introduction Reading Ancient Historians 1. Historical Inscriptions 2. Polybius 3. Sallust 4. Cicero 5. C. Julius Caesar 6. Cornelius Nepos 7. Livy 8. Velleius Paterculus 9. Josephus 10. Suetonius 11. Tacitus 12. Pliny the Younger 13. Plutarch 14. Appian 15. Cassius Dio 16. Lactantius 17. Eusebius 18. Scriptores Historiae Augustae 19. Ammianus Marcellinus 20. Zosimus Bibliography Index

About the Author

Ronald Mellor is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he has been teaching Greek and Roman History, western civilization, and ancient world history since 1976. He was for five years Chair of the UCLA History department. His most recent book was "Tacitus’ Annals" published in 2011 by the Oxford University Press. His research focuses on ancient religion and Roman historiography. Other book include Thea Rome (1977), From Augustus to Nero: The First Dynasty of Imperial Rome (1990), Tacitus (1993), Tacitus: The Classical Heritage (1995), The Roman Historians (1999), and Caesar Augustus and the Creation of the Roman Empire (2005).

Reviews

"This is the only anthology of translated primary readings that covers more than a millennium of Roman history, from Monarchy to Late Empire." – Daniel Solomon, Vanderbilt University"Quite simply, there is no comparable work in the English language! I consider this to be a minor classic in the field of Greco-Roman historiography." - Timothy M. Thibodeau, Nazareth College of Rochester