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... fact is the very cornerstone of history ( XII , 27 ) . History will never be properly written , he contends , until either men of action undertake to write it , or historians become convinced that practical political or military ...
... fact is the very cornerstone of history ( XII , 27 ) . History will never be properly written , he contends , until either men of action undertake to write it , or historians become convinced that practical political or military ...
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... fact the theme of much of the central part of his history is the total failure of the attempt of Rome to conduct its govern- ment on democratic lines , and the inevitability of the adoption of abso- lute monarchy . For the earlier part ...
... fact the theme of much of the central part of his history is the total failure of the attempt of Rome to conduct its govern- ment on democratic lines , and the inevitability of the adoption of abso- lute monarchy . For the earlier part ...
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... fact , however , is the variety of their researches , the judgment which they exercise , the rationality of their criticism . Thanks to the fact that the Church never dominated in the East as in the West , Byzantine historians did not ...
... fact , however , is the variety of their researches , the judgment which they exercise , the rationality of their criticism . Thanks to the fact that the Church never dominated in the East as in the West , Byzantine historians did not ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I THE ANCIENT ORIENT | 3 |
ANCIENT GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY | 21 |
THE ALEXANDRIAN AND POSTALEXANDRIAN EPOCH | 41 |
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