Roman Papers: Volume VII

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198144903 ISBN 13: 9780198144908

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1991

These fifty-nine papers on Roman history complete the collection of Sir Ronald Syme's life work. Volume VI covers such varied topics as human rights and social status at Rome; marriage ages for senators; oligarchy at Rome; a paradigm for political science; military geography; diet at Capri; early priesthood; and unrecognized authors from Spain. Volume VII contains later, unpublished work that was still in manuscript form at the time of his death in 1989. The final paper is an ingenious spoof on Tacitus, comprising a Latin text on the story of Titus and Berenice and historical commentary.

From the Back Cover:

Shortly before his death in September 1989 Sir Ronald Syme approved the selection of these fifty-nine papers. The first part of Volume VI presents some early articles and reviews not previously reprinted; but twenty-three are very recent, published or composed between 1985 and early 1989.

About the Author:

Ronald Syme was at University of Oxford, 1949-1970. Anthony R. Birley is at University of Manchester.