Historian L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi and the Roman Annalistic Tradition

Gary Forsythe is Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago.

This is a really excellent book, clearly the fruit of many years' work...[W]hat Gary Forsythe has done...could hardly have been done better. Students of history and historiography alike are deeply in his debt. -- Professor T.P. Wiseman, University of Exeter It throws a beam of light both on Roman history and on the writing of Roman history. In an era of impressionistic literary musings it is very pleasing to read a work of erudition, a work firmly grounded in history and philology...His book is an edificeof scholarship. It is also a tale of indomitable spirit. -- Professor T.P. Wiseman, University of Exeter Ajp Highly recommended for all with an interest in early Roman historiography and/or in a particularly painstaking method of necessary scholarship. -- Professor T.P. Wiseman, University of Exeter Religious Studies Review ...a work of great learning, which makes a valuable addition to the scholarly literature. It may be consulted with profit on a wide range of topics... -- Professor T.P. Wiseman, University of Exeter The Classical Review The book represents a major contribution to our understanding both of the Romans' reconstruction of their own past and of the events mentioned in the fragments. -- Kurt A. Raaflaub, Brown University The book represents a major contribution to our understanding both of the Romans' reconstruction of their own past and of the events mentioned in the fragments. -- Kurt A. Raaflaub, Brown University This is a really excellent book, clearly the fruit of many years' work...[W]hat Gary Forsythe has done...could hardly have been done better. Students of history and historiography alike are deeply in his debt. -- Professor T.P. Wiseman, University of Exeter It throws a beam of light both on Roman history and on the writing of Roman history. In an era of impressionistic literary musings it is very pleasing to read a work of erudition, a work firmly grounded in history and philology...His book is an edifice of scholarship. It is also a tale of indomitable spirit. -- Professor T.P. Wiseman, University of Exeter Ajp Highly recommended for all with an interest in early Roman historiography and/or in a particularly painstaking method of necessary scholarship. -- Professor T.P. Wiseman, University of Exeter Religious Studies Review ...a work of great learning, which makes a valuable addition to the scholarly literature. It may be consulted with profit on a wide range of topics... -- Professor T.P. Wiseman, University of Exeter The Classical Review