Appian’s Roman History
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Appian’s Roman History is a multi-volume historical work by the ancient Greek historian Appian that chronicles the rise and conflicts of the Roman Republic, including its wars with Carthage and the career of Hannibal.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient historiography
ⓘ
historical work ⓘ |
| author | Appian of Alexandria ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition in Late Antiquity and Middle Ages ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| coversEvent |
Mithridatic Wars with Rome
ⓘ
surface form:
Mithridatic Wars
Punic Wars ⓘ Roman civil wars ⓘ Macedonian Wars ⓘ
surface form:
Roman conquest of Greece
Roman conquest of Spain ⓘ Punic Wars ⓘ
surface form:
Roman wars with Carthage
Social War ⓘ career of Hannibal Barca ⓘ |
| genre | Roman history ⓘ |
| historicalMethod | arranged by peoples and wars rather than strict chronology ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed |
Roman Kingdom
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ transition to Roman Empire ⓘ |
| includesBook |
Roman civil wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Wars
Second Punic War ⓘ
surface form:
Hannibalica (Hannibalic War)
Iberica (Spanish Wars) ⓘ Mithridatic dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Mithridatica (Mithridatic Wars)
Punic Wars ⓘ Syrian Wars ⓘ
surface form:
Syriaca (Syrian Wars)
|
| influenced | later Roman historiography ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| latinTitle | Historia Romana ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Roman civil wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman civil and foreign wars
history of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | from early Rome to the establishment of the Empire ⓘ |
| notableFigureDescribed |
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
ⓘ
surface form:
Hannibal Barca
Julius Caesar ⓘ Marius ⓘ Augustus ⓘ
surface form:
Octavian (Augustus)
Pompey the Great ⓘ Scipio Africanus ⓘ Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ
surface form:
Sulla
|
| numberOfVolumes | multiple ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Roman Greece
ⓘ
surface form:
Ῥωμαικά
|
| perspective | pro-Roman viewpoint ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
history of the Punic Wars
ⓘ
history of the Roman civil wars ⓘ Late Roman Republic ⓘ
surface form:
history of the late Roman Republic
|
| structure | collection of books on separate wars and peoples ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 2nd century CE ⓘ |
| usedBy | modern historians of Rome ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hannibal