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Ronald Syme


Born
in Eltham, New Zealand
March 11, 1903

Died
September 04, 1989


Sir Ronald Syme, OM, FBA (11 March 1903 � 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. Long associated with Oxford University, he is widely regarded as the 20th century's greatest historian of ancient Rome. 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. ...more

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The Roman Revolution
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Tacitus (2 Volumes)
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The Augustan Aristocracy
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John Smith of Virginia
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“A democracy cannot rule an empire. Neither can one man, though empire may appear to presuppose monarchy. There is always an oligarchy somewhere, open or concealed.”
― Ronald Syme
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“Individuals capture attention and engross history, but the most revolutionary changes in Roman politics were the work of families or of a few men.”
― Ronald Syme, The Roman Revolution
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“When the individuals and classes that have gained wealth, honours and power through revolution emerge as champions of ordered government, they do not surrender anything.”
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