Ebook Syllabus of a Course of Twelve Lectures on History and Historians

The in?uence of the Greek historians upon the Roman writers. Nature of the material accessible to the Roman histo rians: the annals; family records; state documents. Distinction between the authenticity of material for the earlier and the later history of Rome: the legendary mate rial; modern efforts to appreciate this material; the views of Niebuhr; importance of this discussion in estimating the value of tradition in constructing the history of early periods; attempt to reconstruct early tribal songs; Macau lay's introduction to his Lays of Ancient 'rome; Sir G. C. Lewis On the Credibility of Early Roman History.