Sources for Ancient History

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International deal maker and corporate executive Michael Crawford has helped some of the most powerful brands grow and operate globally. Crawford's leadership led to the development of major hotels, theme parks, entertainment destinations, retail outlets, and dining establishments around the world.Currently Chairman, President, and CEO of the Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company, he served as General Manager and Senior Vice President of Shanghai Disney Resort and President of Walt Disney Holdings Company. He was also President of Asia Pacific and President of Global Portfolio Management with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts. An Ohio native, he holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and a bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University.

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If a scholar wishes to create a picture of a modern society in all its aspects, there is little of what he needs to know that he cannot know, although there may still be much that he cannot understand. For the history of Greece and Rome, there is a great deal which is simply unknowable. From the end of the archaic age of Greece, there is an unbroken sequence of works by Greek and, later, Roman historians down to the end of antiquity. But their vision and range of interest were often limited and much of what they did produce has been lost. Some help may be derived from the documentary material produced in antiquity, material which was the product of officials organising public activities, or heads of families organising their affairs, or individuals leaving their mark on the world. Beyond this, the evidence of archaeology and numismatics may also be helpful. The four essays in this book set out to characterise the nature of the ancient literary tradition, the inscriptional material, the archaeological and numismatic evidence and to explain how and for what purposes they may be used.

Contenu
List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction Michael Crawford; 1. Literature Emilio Gabba; 2. Epigraphy Fergus Millar; 3. Archaeology Anthony Snodgrass; 4. Numismatics Michael Crawford; Index.