Sources of History: Sources for Ancient History - Michael Crawford

If a scholar wishes to create a picture of a topical society in all its aspects there is little of what he needs to know that he cannot know although there may still be much that he cannot understand. For the history of Greece and Rome there is a great deal that is simply unknowable. From the end of the archaic age of Greece there is an unbroken sequence of works by Greek and later Roman historians down to the end of antiquity. Their vision and range of interest were often limited and much of what they produced has been lost. Some help may be derived from the documentary material supplied in antiquity material that was the product of officials organising public activities or heads of families organising their affairs or individuals leaving their mark on the world. Beyond this the evidence of archaeology and numismatics may also be helpful. The four essays in this book set out to characterise the nature of the ancient literary tradition the inscriptional material the archaeological and numismatic evidence and to explain how and for what purposes they may be used.

TITLE: Sources of History: Sources for Ancient History

AUTHOR: Michael Crawford

SKU: 9780521289580

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press

DATE PUBLISHED: 17/11/1983

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 252

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 140 mm x 216 mm x 15 mm

WEIGHT: 330 gr