Anatolica: Studies in Strabo

by Ronald Syme, Anthony Birley (Editor)

Overview

Sir Ronald Syme (1903-89) is internationally known as one of the greatest Roman historians of this century. After his death, the massive manuscript for a practically complete, major work on ancient Turkey was discovered among his papers. Written during the war, while the author was himself in Turkey, it offers a fascinating insight into the development of a great historian, and is itself a masterly, original, and splendidly written study of the peoples and places of Asia Minor under Persian, Greek, and Roman rule.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198149439
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/11/1995
Pages:	420
Product dimensions:	6.44(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

University of Dusseldorf

Editorial Reviews

"His book adds much to our understanding of Strabo's methods."—American Historical Review

"The editing is scrupulous....Students of Syme will be delighted...A standard work for scholars of people and regions in or near Anatolia during Persian, Greek, and Roman domination, and for those interested in Syme the historian."—Religious Studies Review

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