![]() |12 nor do I think that knowledge of the many important events that occurred in a brief span of time will fail to bring ![]() Such writers are little concerned with truth in their narratives, however, but pay particular attention to phrasing and euphony, since they are confident that even if their writings have no basis in fact, they will still win a hearing, and the accuracy of their research will not be challenged.Ģ. Indeed, some writers, because they abhor tyrants and wish to flatter or honor rulers, countries, and individuals, have lent sparkle to trivial and unimportant events by the brilliance of their words rather than by the clear light of truth.ģ. Unwilling to accept from others hearsay evidence and unsubstantiated information, I have collected, in my history, material that is still fresh in the minds of my intended readers They feared too that if they remained silent they might be numbered among the countless hordes of the obscure. Herodian of Antioch, History of the Roman Empire (1961)ġ. THE majority of writers who have devoted themselves to compiling histories and to reviving the memory of past events have had in mind the eternal glory of learning. ![]() Herodian of Antioch, History of the Roman Empire (1961) pp.11-42. ![]()
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