07-27-2014, 01:22 PM
And another thing!
Just been in Campania for a week and took Colin Wells book 'The Roman Empire' for a read. How relaxing is that?
However, in comparing oral tradition, with the literary record (P.25)
re: Tacitus. ''If we have to treat T's account of events with caution, it is not because he gets his facts wrong, but because of the interpretation he puts on them and the things he leaves out.''
And regarding Cassio Dio: '' ..... and his lengthly speeches in particular tend to be pure invention, often wholly anachronistic''.
Just been in Campania for a week and took Colin Wells book 'The Roman Empire' for a read. How relaxing is that?
However, in comparing oral tradition, with the literary record (P.25)
re: Tacitus. ''If we have to treat T's account of events with caution, it is not because he gets his facts wrong, but because of the interpretation he puts on them and the things he leaves out.''
And regarding Cassio Dio: '' ..... and his lengthly speeches in particular tend to be pure invention, often wholly anachronistic''.
Davidus