Ronald Syme
✓ Source-basedstableNew Zealand born British historian and classicist (1903-1989)
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.
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Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron FreybergAlso won honorary doctor of the University of New Zealand
Karl LehmannAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of Graz
Arnaldo MomiglianoAlso won Kenyon Medal
Jaime Torres BodetAlso won doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon
Gilbert MurrayAlso won doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon
Carl BlegenAlso won Kenyon MedalAbout this person
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.
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