...This chapter talks about Appian's Wars of the Romans in Iberia or the Iberike, which is an ambitious attempt to chronicle the whole of the Roman Empire. It points out how Appian has been treated as a source of historical information and as a means of access...

...This chapter provides the text and translation of Appian's Wars of the Romans in Iberia (Iberike). It recounts the major events of Rome's involvement in Iberia that is based on the conflict with Carthage, the war with the Lusitanians, and the Celtiberian wars...

... century bc and recorded information on the construction and removal of the massive blocks of stone. On the death of Alexander the Great in 323 bc, Egypt began a new era under the rule of Alexander's general, Ptolemy. Egypt became a Roman protectorate 168 bc. In 58 bc...

...This book narrates how, from late in the second century B.C., Rome's Italian subjects began to desire equality with her. This, at first, manifested itself in a desire for and agitation to obtain Roman citizenship. When the Romans refused to grant this, the Italians resolved to be independent...

...This chapter includes the commentary on Appian's Wars of the Romans in Iberia or the Iberike. It mentions the Pyrenean range of mountains, which Appian used to provide a geographic and ethnographic note and set the scene for the arrival of the Romans. Appian...

... offers a Christian perspective on the growth of Rome, which its pagan apologists attribute to the providential protection of its gods. Book III spotlights both the injustices inflicted and the privations endured by the Romans, thus rebutting such claims. Book IV offers...

... them; their exploitation in literary texts and at critical moments in history; and connections between Greek oath phenomena and those of other cultures with which Greek came into contact, from the Hittites to the Romans....

...This chapter discusses the significant role of the Greco-Roman tradition in European history. Europeans took the Greeks and Romans as role models for their own lives and actions as well as their own social order. The chapter deals with history where the Greeks were at their most productive...

...This chapter offers a sketch of Julius Caesar the man — his physical appearance, character, and personality. Literary sources describe Caesar as tall (‘tall’ for a Roman was about 5 feet and 6 inches [1.78 meters]), with a pale complexion, a rather chubby face, and black, piercing eyes. He had...