Arnaldo Momigliano (1908-87) was born and educated in Italy. He was appointed to the chair of Roman history at the University of Turin in 1936, but deprived of his professorship under Mussolini's racial decree, he settled in Oxford in 1939. He was Professor of Ancient History at University College London from 1951 until 1975 and Alexander White Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago from 1975 to 1987. His many books include The Development of Greek Biography (1971), Alien Wisdom: The Limits of Hellenization (1975), and the eleven volumes of essays entitled Contributi alla Storia degli Studi Classici e del Mondo Antico.

• Foreword by Riccardo Di DonatoBibliographical NoteIntroductionCHAPTER I Persian Historiography, GreekHistoriography, and JewishHistoriographyCHAPTER 2 The Herodotean and the ThucydideanTraditionCHAPTER 3 The Rise of Antiquarian ResearchCHAPTER 4 Fabius Pictor and the Origins of NationalHistoryCHAPTER 5 Tacitus and the Tacitist TraditionCHAPTER 6 The Origins of EcclesiasticalHistoriographyConclusionIndex of Names

Arnaldo Momigliano (1908-87) was born and educated in Italy. He was appointed to the chair of Roman history at the University of Turin in 1936, but deprived of his professorship under Mussolini's racial decree, he settled in Oxford in 1939. He was Professor of Ancient History at University College London from 1951 until 1975 and Alexander White Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago from 1975 to 1987. His many books include The Development of Greek Biography (1971), Alien Wisdom: The Limits of Hellenization (1975), and the eleven volumes of essays entitled Contributi alla Storia degli Studi Classici e del Mondo Antico.

• Foreword by Riccardo Di DonatoBibliographical NoteIntroductionCHAPTER I Persian Historiography, GreekHistoriography, and JewishHistoriographyCHAPTER 2 The Herodotean and the ThucydideanTraditionCHAPTER 3 The Rise of Antiquarian ResearchCHAPTER 4 Fabius Pictor and the Origins of NationalHistoryCHAPTER 5 Tacitus and the Tacitist TraditionCHAPTER 6 The Origins of EcclesiasticalHistoriographyConclusionIndex of Names