Syme, Ronald, 1903-1989
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- Approaching the Roman revolution, 2017:title page (by Sir Ronald Syme, edited by Federico Santangelo) dust jacket (Sir Ronald Symes, late Camden professor of ancient history and fellow of Wolfson College, University of Oxford)
- Wikipedia, 14 June 2017(Ronald Syme; Sir Ronald Syme, OM, FBA (11 March 1903, Eltham, New Zealand--4 September 1989, Oxford, England) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist; long associated with Oxford University, he is widely regarded as the 20th century's greatest historian of ancient Rome; his great work was The Roman Revolution (1939), a masterly and controversial analysis of Roman political life in the period following the assassination of Julius Caesar)
- His Caesar, the Senate and Italy.
- His Roman papers, 1979- :CIP t.p., v. 6 (Ronald Syme) galley (d. 9-4-89)
- The Author's המהפיכה הרומית, 2005.
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Sir Ronald Syme (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. He was regarded as the greatest historian of ancient Rome since Theodor Mommsen and the most brilliant exponent of the history of the Roman Empire since Edward Gibbon. His great work was The Roman Revolution (1939), a masterly and controversial analysis of political life in the Roman Republic following the assassination of Julius Caesar, offering critical views about Octavian in particular that challenged widely accepted views in contemporary academia.
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