Ronald Syme
Sir Ronald Syme, was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. He was regarded as the greatest historian of ancient Rome since Theodor Mommsen and the most brilliant exponent of the history of the Roman Empire since Edward Gibbon. His great work was The Roman Revolution (1939), a masterly and controversial analysis of political life in the Roman Republic following the assassination of Julius Caesar, offering critical views about Octavian in particular that challenged widely accepted views in contemporary academia.
Background
- Born in
- Eltham
- Educated at
- Oriel CollegeUniversity of AucklandVictoria University of Wellington
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of Merit🏆 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art🏆 Knight Bachelor🏆 Kenyon Medal🏆 Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"Without a party a statesman is nothing. He sometimes forgets that awkward fact."
"The best party is but a kind of conspiracy against the Commonwealth."
"In all ages, whatever the form and name of government, be it monarchy, republic, or democracy, an oligarchy lurks behind the façade; and Roman history, Republican or Imperial, is the history of the go…"
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1903
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