Appian: Roman History, Vol. III, The Civil Wars, Books 1-3.26 (Loeb Classical Library No. 4)

Appian (first-second century CE), a Greek from Antioch, offers a history of the rise of Rome but often shows us events from the point of view of the conquered peoples. Books on the Spanish, Hannibalic, Punic, Illyrian, Syrian, Mythridatic, and Civil wars are extant. Appian (Appianus) was a Greek official of Alexandria. He saw the Jewish rebellion of 116 CE, and later became a Roman citizen and advocate and received the rank of eques (knight). In his older years he held a procuratorship. He died during the reign of Antoninus Pius who was emperor 138-161 CE. Honest admirer of the Roman empire though ignorant of the institutions of the earlier Roman republic, he wrote, in the simple "common" dialect, 24 books of "Roman affairs," in fact conquests, from the beginnings to the times of Trajan (emperor 98-117 CE). Eleven have come down to us complete, or nearly so, namely those on the Spanish, Hannibalic, Punic, Illyrian, Syrian, and Mithridatic wars, and five books on the Civil Wars. They are valuable records of military history. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Appian is in four volumes 1. Concerning The Kings (fragments) ; Concerning Italy (fragments) ; The Samnite History (fragments) ; The Gallic History (fragments) ; Of Sicily And The Other Islands (fragments) ; The Wars In Spain ; The Hannibalic War ; The Punic Wars -- 2. Numidian Affairs (fragments) ; Macedonian Affairs (fragments) ; The Illyrian Wars ; The Syrian Wars ; The Mithridatic Wars -- 3-4. The Civil Wars (2 V. ). With An English Translation By Horace White. Includes Index. The First 2 V. Of The Present Ed. Have Been Revised And Prepared For The Press By J.d. Denniston ; The Last 2 V., By E. Iliff Robson. Later Reprints Have Imprint: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press ; London : W. Heinemann. Greek And English On Opposite Pages.