New Zealand born British historian and classicist (1903–1989)
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Sir
Ronald Syme
OM FBA
Born
(1903-03-11)11 March 1903
Eltham, New Zealand
Died
4 September 1989(1989-09-04) (aged 86)
Nationality
New Zealander, British
Academic background
Education
New Plymouth Boys' High School
Alma mater
University of Auckland
Victoria University of Wellington
Oriel College, Oxford
Academic work
Discipline
Ancient historian
Sub-discipline
Roman history
Crisis of the Roman Republic
Roman army
prosopography
Institutions
Trinity College, Oxford
Brasenose College, Oxford
Wolfson College, Oxford
Doctoral students
Barbara Levick Miriam T. Griffin Fergus Millar
Notable works
The Roman Revolution (1939)
Sir Ronald Syme, OM, FBA (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist.[1][2] 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.[2] His great work was The Roman Revolution (1939), a masterly and controversial analysis of Roman political life in the period following the assassination of Julius Caesar.
^"Ronald Syme, 86, Classics Scholar And Historian at Oxford, Is Dead", The New York Times, 7 September 1989
^ abBowersock, G. W. (1991). "Ronald Syme (March 11, 1903 – September 4, 1989)". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 135 (1). American Philosophical Society: 119–122. ISSN 0003-049X. JSTOR 987156. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
Sir RonaldSyme, OM, FBA (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. He was regarded as the greatest historian...
husbands; she had a son by him, but Pliny does not provide the child's name. RonaldSyme identifies this son (born c. 15 BC) as the father of Glitius Gallus....
of the Roman Empire by Caesar Augustus. The book was the work of Sir RonaldSyme (1903–1989), a noted Tacitean scholar, and was published by the Oxford...
entry "Hadrian", Penguin, ISBN 0140515658. RonaldSyme (1988), "Journeys of Hadrian", pp. 164–9. RonaldSyme, "Journeys Of Hadrian". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie...
Pharsalus and Thapsus, where he was defeated. He later committed suicide. RonaldSyme called him "the last Scipio of any consequence in Roman history." The...
from Kaikōura, New Zealand RonaldSyme (1903–1989), New Zealand-born historian of ancient Rome and classicist William Smith Syme (1870–1928), Newfoundland-born...
the Quinctilii Vari, had long been impoverished and was unimportant; RonaldSyme notes, "The sole and last consul of that family", Sextus Quinctilius...
Sourcebook. Syme, Ronald (1968). Ammianus and the Historia Augusta. United Kingdom: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-814344-4. Syme, Ronald (1971). Emperors...
was born in 59 BC and died in AD 17. First proposed by G. M. Hirst, RonaldSyme and others have suggested bringing his birth and death dates back five...
Robert Fitzgerald, Vintage Classics, p. 252. RonaldSyme, The Augustan Aristocracy (1987), 314. Syme, Ronald (1989). The Augustan Aristocracy (illustrated...
Syme, Ronald (1960). "Bastards in the Roman Aristocracy". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 104 (3): 323–327. JSTOR 985248. Syme, Ronald...
by generations of historians, first by Friedrich Münzer, followed by RonaldSyme, who considered that Roman politics was marked by familial and individual...
else a Cornelius Lentulus by birth adopted into the Servilii Vatiae. RonaldSyme also agreed that the name 'Batiatus' was surely a corruption of 'Vatia'...
Silanus' relationship to the other Junii Silani is uncertain. According to RonaldSyme, he, the Decimus Junius Silanus who had an affair with Julia the Younger...
century): "Pulpius [Pupienus] reigned 3 months" RonaldSyme, Historia Augusta papers (1983), pg. 194 Syme, Emperors and biography: studies in the Historia...
884. Syme, Ronald (1989). The Augustan Aristocracy (illustrated and revised ed.). Clarendon Press. pp. 155–156. ISBN 9780198147312. Syme, Ronald (1989)...
June 43, the sortition selected Passienus proconsular governor of Asia. RonaldSyme once described this office as "of the highest dignity in the senatorial...
second season of Domina, played by actress Joelle. Nepos, Atticus 12 RonaldSyme, The Augustan Aristocracy (1987), 314. Suetonius, Tiberius 7 Seager 2005...
Vipstani are known, with the cognomina "Messalla" and "Poplicola". This led RonaldSyme to observe that either Lucius or Marcus Vipstanus Gallus married a daughter...
wife Julia Livia (killed 43) or an earlier wife. It has been assumed by RonaldSyme, among others, that her mother was Julia Livia (daughter of Drusus Julius...
political deal-making in 56 BC is vast. Other works consulted include RonaldSyme, The Roman Revolution (Oxford University Press, 1939, reissued 2002)...
A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, p. 205 Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, pp. 150-1 Syme, Ronald (1989). "Two Nieces of Augustus". The Augustan Aristocracy...
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