The Loeb Classical Library: Library of History, Volume X : Books 19.66–20

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The Loeb Classical Library: Library of History, Volume X : Books 19.66–20Remains of a universal chronicle. Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily (ca. 8020 BC), wrote forty books of world history, called Library of History, in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non Greek and Greek, to the Trojan War; history to Alexanders death (323 BC); history to 54 BC. Of this we have complete Books 15 (Egyptians, Assyrians, Ethiopians, Greeks) and Books 1120 (Greek history 480302 BC); and fragments of the rest.

The audio download contains dialogues

fuller understanding from the notes and an extensive bibliography

theme and dialogue provides an excellent introduction to Plautus

Tacitus was the greatest historian of the Roman empire

much of our knowledge of the Persian Wars and other events of the period derives

The traditional study of epistolography tends to focus on literary rather than historical aspects of the genre

It is based on two plays (both now lost) by the Greek playwright Menander and was first put on in Rome in 166 BCE

specially interesting because of Agricola's career in Britain

This is a collection of passages from Latin authors for unseen translation at A Level and first-year undergraduate level

He was broadminded towards non-Romans and towards Christianity

written in the early-2nd century CE

used the melody of Horace's Ode to Phyllis to invent the do-re-mi mnemonic