Roman Historiography: An Introduction to its Basic Aspects and Development

“The book can be used either as a whole or as a reference for individual authors and ages and is well worth owning and studying.”  (New England Classical Journal, 1 May 2015)  

Named CHOICE Outstanding Title for 2012

"Appropriate for advanced undergraduate students, this work provides a foundation for further study of classical historical writing. (Annotation 2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)." (Book News, 1 August 2011)

 

“An extraordinarily broad and deep introduction, a treasure trove of insights and information that masterfully characterizes the nature and development (ranging over a millennium) of Rome’s historiography in its multiple aspects and functions, its originality and debt to others, achievements and shortcomings, and place between history and literature.”
Kurt A. Raaflaub, Brown University

“This is a thought-provoking journey through the writing of history in Roman antiquity. Andreas Mehl masterfully unravels the fabric of historical traditions from the Annales to Zosimus.”
Hans Beck, McGill University