27 Facts About Roman historiography

Roman historiography histories were not written in Classical Latin until the 2nd century BC with the Origines by Cato the Elder.

Romans enjoyed serious endeavors and so the writing of historiography became very popular for upper class citizens who wanted to spend their time on worthwhile, virtuous, "Roman" activities.

Almost as soon as historiography started being used by the Romans, it split into two traditions: the annalistic tradition and the monographic tradition.

However, contrary to the Greek form, the Roman historiography form included various attitudes and concerns that were considered strictly Roman historiography.

Roman historiography seems to have been trying to counter the Marian historian, C Licinius Macer, whose veracity is questionable.

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The information in the ancient Roman historiography histories is often communicated by suggestion, innuendo, implication and insinuation because their attitudes would not always be well received, as with Tacitus' attitude to Tiberius.

In Roman historiography commentarii is simply a raw account of events often not intended for publication.

Ancient Roman historiography historians did not write for the sake of writing, they wrote in an effort to convince their audiences.

Ancient Roman historiography historians wrote pragmatic histories in order to benefit future statesmen.

Roman historiography's histories have an aristocratic ethos and reveal his opinions on honor, wealth and war.

Roman historiography's histories have literary merit and interpretations of facts and events.

Roman historiography was not purely objective, rather his judgments served a moral function.

Roman historiography's argument is that the Gallic Wars were both just and pious, and that he and his army attacked Gaul in self-defense.

Titus Livius, commonly known as Livy, was a Roman historiography historian, best known for his work entitled Ab Urbe Condita, which is a history of Rome "from the founding of the city".

Roman historiography was born in Patavium, which is modern day Padua, in 59 BC and he died there in 17 AD.

Roman historiography was preoccupied with morality, using history as a moral essay.

Roman historiography connects a nation's success with its high level of morality, and conversely a nation's failure with its moral decline.

Roman historiography used language to embellish his material, including the use of both poetical and archaic words.

Roman historiography included many anachronisms in his work, such as tribunes having power that they did not have until much later.

Sallustius Crispus, more commonly known as Sallust, was a Roman historian of the 1st century BC, born c 86 BC in the Sabine community of Amiternum.

Roman historiography served as quaestor again in 48 BC, as praetor in 46 BC, and governed the new province in the former Numidian territory until 44 BC.

Roman historiography was born around 69 to an equestrian family.

Roman historiography was, though, among the staff for Pliny's command in Bithynia.

Roman historiography had a close proximity to the government as well as access to the imperial archives, which can be seen in his historical biographies.

Roman historiography was not writing an annalistic history, nor was he even trying to create a narrative.

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Roman historiography's goal was the evaluation of the emperors, portraying the events and actions of the person while they were in office.

Roman historiography focuses on the fulfillment of duties, criticizing those that did not live up to expectations, and praising bad emperors for times when they did fulfill their duties.