Information AboutAppian |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT APPIAN | |
| roman era historians | |
| ancient greek historians | |
| hellenistic egyptians | |
| egyptian writers | |
| year of birth unknown | |
| year of death unknown | |
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He was born ca. AD 95 in Alexandria. He tells us that, after having filled the chief offices in the Province of Egypt , he repaired to Rome ca. 120 , where he practised as an Advocate , pleading cases before the Emperors . In 147 at the earliest he was appointed to the office of Procurator , probably in Egypt, on the recommendation of his friend Marcus Cornelius Fronto . The position of procurator was open only to members of the Equestrian class. His work (Ῥωμαικα, known in English as the ''Roman History'') in twenty-four books, written in Greek before 165 , is more a number of monographs than a connected history. It gives an account of various peoples and countries from the earliest times down to their incorporation into the Roman Empire , and survives in complete books and considerable fragments. In spite of its unattractive style, the work is very valuable, especially for the period of the Civil Wars . EDITIONS
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