Historiae Romanae

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Historiae Romanae is a concise Latin historical work covering Roman history from its legendary origins to the early Roman Empire, written by the historian Velleius Paterculus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose work
Roman historiography
historical work
alternativeTitle Historiae Romanae ad M. Vinicium consulem libri duo NERFINISHED
approximateDateWritten c. AD 30
author Velleius Paterculus NERFINISHED
contains chronological narrative of Roman history
countryOfOrigin Ancient Rome NERFINISHED
coversPeriodFrom legendary origins of Rome
coversPeriodTo early Roman Empire
coversReign Augustus NERFINISHED
Tiberius NERFINISHED
dateWritten early 1st century AD
dedicatedTo Marcus Vinicius NERFINISHED
focusesOn Roman aristocracy
military campaigns of Rome
political history of Rome
genre history
hasModernEditions yes
hasScholarlyCommentary yes
historicalPerspective pro-Augustan
pro-Tiberian
includes accounts of Roman civil wars
biographical sketches of Roman leaders
praise of Tiberius
influencedBy Livy NERFINISHED
Sallust NERFINISHED
isPrimarySourceFor early principate history
reign of Tiberius
language Latin
literaryForm prose
literaryPeriod Silver Age of Latin literature NERFINISHED
literaryTradition Roman historical narrative
mentionsEvent Battle of Actium NERFINISHED
rise of Augustus NERFINISHED
transition from Republic to Empire
numberOfBooks 2
originallyDividedInto two books
style concise
rhetorical
subject Roman history
survivalState incomplete at the beginning
incomplete at the end
titleInLatin Historiae Romanae NERFINISHED
transmission medieval manuscript tradition
usedAsSourceBy modern historians of early Roman Empire
workStatus partially preserved

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Roman conquest of Germania describedIn Historiae Romanae
this entity surface form: works of Velleius Paterculus
Velleius Paterculus notableWork Historiae Romanae