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Greek and Roman Historians

Greek and Roman Historians

Information and Misinformation

by Michael Grant
Paperback
Publication Date: 13/04/1995
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Today it is widely accepted that we do not get the whole truth from any historian. This text considers the work of ancient historians such as Herotudus, Tacitus and Thucydides in the light of this attitude. The author argues that misinformation, even deliberate disinformation, is abundant in their writings, and so suggests new ways of reading and interpreting the ancient historians which maximizes their usefulness as source material. He demonstrates how the evidence they provide can be augmented by the use of other, literary and non-literary, sources. This text aims to show us how we can use written history to learn about the ancient world, even if our conclusions are not those its historians intended. The author argues that their work remains our most important source of information, once we have learned to question and incorporate their imperfect regard for the truth.
ISBN:
9780415117708
9780415117708
Category:
Classical history / classical civilisation
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
13-04-1995
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
188
Dimensions (mm):
216x138x17mm
Weight:
0.27kg
Michael Grant

Michael Grant has spent much of his life on the move. Raised in a military family, he attended ten schools in five states, as well as three schools in France. Even as an adult he kept moving, and in fact he became a writer in part because it was one of the few jobs that wouldn’t tie him down.

Michael is the author of the bestselling Gone series, the BZRK trilogy and the brand new Front Lines trilogy, the first book of which released in March 2016. With his wife Katherine Applegate, he is also the co-author of Eve and Adam and the Animorphs series, and has written or co-authored over 150 books, which by his own admission is just absurd!

Michael lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with Katherine and their two children, 18 and 15 (because numbers are so much easier to remember than names).

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Ancient history: to c 500 CE Historiography Classical history / classical civilisation European history
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