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... sources seem to have been Livy and Velleius Paterculus , but he used many other sources which have not survived . Probably Sisenna was the common source of Livy , Velleius Paterculus , and Appian . There are traces in Appian of the use ...
... sources seem to have been Livy and Velleius Paterculus , but he used many other sources which have not survived . Probably Sisenna was the common source of Livy , Velleius Paterculus , and Appian . There are traces in Appian of the use ...
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... sources . But he did not slavishly copy them , but rather rewrote them , a process of adaptation so well done that it marks him as a real historian . The only original part , however , is the information he added about the deeds of the ...
... sources . But he did not slavishly copy them , but rather rewrote them , a process of adaptation so well done that it marks him as a real historian . The only original part , however , is the information he added about the deeds of the ...
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James Westfall Thompson, Bernard J. Holm. sources for his Histoire de Charles VII , decided that the history , if used with care , was one of the best sources for this reign . To indicate all the sources of importance for the period ...
James Westfall Thompson, Bernard J. Holm. sources for his Histoire de Charles VII , decided that the history , if used with care , was one of the best sources for this reign . To indicate all the sources of importance for the period ...
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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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