Without the valuable contributions of historians, later generations would have little knowledge of the past - the good as well as the bad. https://www.worldhistory.org/livy/ #History #CassiusDio #Cicero #History

Ancient history is crazy. We have so little to go on that entire superstructures of argument will be constructed on a tiny base of primary evidence. There is a whole debate among historians over whether Julius Caesar is responsible for the destruction of the Library of Alexandria, and it all seems to hinge on the interpretation of the single word "apothekas" in Cassius Dio's Roman History.
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Publius Cornelius Tacitus (l. c. 56 - c. 118 CE) was a Roman historian, active throughout the reign of Trajan (r. 98-117 CE) and the early years of Hadrian (r. 117-138 CE). His best-known works are Histories and Annals, which cover the history of the empire from the time of the Julio-Claudians to the reign of Domitian (r. 81-96 CE). Although best known for his historical writings, he also had a...https://www.worldhistory.org/tacitus/ #CassiusDio #History #Livy