History, Its Rise and Development: A Survey of the Progress of Historical Writing from Its Origins to the Present Day (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from History, Its Rise and Development: A Survey of the Progress of Historical Writing From Its Origins to the Present DayIn the period of the Hellenic revival in Rome 3 number of Greek historians made con tributions to historical writing of widely dif ferent merit. Among the less notable produc tions were the 'anabasis of Alexander) by Ar rian (c. 95-175 ad.) and the (history of Rome' by Appian, in the same period. Far superior to these were the incisive (history of Rome) of Dio Cassius (c. 155 - 240 the broadly conceived history of the later Roman empire.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.