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Florus (second century CE) wrote, in brief pointed rhetorical style, a two-book summary of Roman history (especially military) in order to show the greatness and decline of Roman morals. Based chiefly on Livy and perhaps planned to reach Florus' own times, the extant work ends with Augustus...

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Weitere Titel:
Epitome rerum Romanarum.
1. Verfasser:
Florus, Lucius Annaeus
Weitere Verfasser:
Forster, E. S. (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Zusammenfassung:
Florus (second century CE) wrote, in brief pointed rhetorical style, a two-book summary of Roman history (especially military) in order to show the greatness and decline of Roman morals. Based chiefly on Livy and perhaps planned to reach Florus' own times, the extant work ends with Augustus's reign (30 BCE-14 CE).
Umfang:
1 online resource
text file
Anmerkungen:
First published (with Cornelius Nepos) 1929; this separate edition 1984.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliography and index.
ISBN:
0-674-99254-7
Schlagworte:
Rome > History > Republic, 510 B.C.-30 B.C.
Rome (Empire)
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