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... Civil Wars in eight books , and an Autobiography . The very listing of these works by Suetonius is sufficient evidence of his pedantry . The loss of these works for the factual information which must have been in them , however , is to ...
... Civil Wars in eight books , and an Autobiography . The very listing of these works by Suetonius is sufficient evidence of his pedantry . The loss of these works for the factual information which must have been in them , however , is to ...
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... civil wars of the first century B.C. , or a description of conditions in the Greek city states of the fifth century B.C. In summing up the tendencies of Dio shown in his interpretations of his evidence , we may say that he was ...
... civil wars of the first century B.C. , or a description of conditions in the Greek city states of the fifth century B.C. In summing up the tendencies of Dio shown in his interpretations of his evidence , we may say that he was ...
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... civil office . Very rich and very cultured , De Thou travelled widely in Italy , Ger- many , and the Netherlands . He was a friend of practically every emi- nent man of letters in France and knew intimately the poet Ronsard and ...
... civil office . Very rich and very cultured , De Thou travelled widely in Italy , Ger- many , and the Netherlands . He was a friend of practically every emi- nent man of letters in France and knew intimately the poet Ronsard and ...
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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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