Ancient Historiography on War and Empire
Howe, Timothy / Müller, Sabine / Stoneman, Richard
In the ancient Greek-speaking world, writing about the past meant balancing the reporting of facts with shaping and guiding the political interests and behaviours of the present. Ancient Historiography on War and Empire shows the ways in which the literary genre of writing history developed to guide empires through their wars. Taking key events from the Achaemenid Persian, Athenian, Macedonian and Roman ¿empires¿, the 17 essays collected here ...