Roman Antiquities

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Roman Antiquities is a multi-volume historical work by Dionysius of Halicarnassus that narrates the early history and institutions of Rome from its legendary origins through the early Republic.

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instanceOf ancient Greek historiography
historical work
aim to demonstrate Greek origins of Roman institutions
to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule
author Dionysius of Halicarnassus
countryOfOrigin Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
coversPeriod Roman Kingdom
early Roman Republic
legendary origins of Rome
describesEvent establishment of the Republic
expulsion of the Tarquins
foundation of Rome by Romulus
reign of the early Roman kings
describesInstitution Roman Senate
Roman assemblies
Roman magistracies
Roman priesthoods
focusesOn Roman constitutional history
Roman customs and laws
Roman institutions
linked to: Roman magistracy

Roman religion
genre antiquarian literature
history
hasModernTitleInGreek Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἀρχαιολογία
linked to: Roman antiquities
hasModernTitleInLatin Antiquitates Romanae
influenced Renaissance humanist scholarship on Rome
later Roman historiography
influencedBy Polybius
Roman antiquarian tradition
literaryStyle annalistic narrative
rhetorical
narrativeScope early history of Rome
numberOfVolumes 20
originalLanguage Ancient Greek
placeOfComposition Rome
preservationStatus partially lost
subject Roman constitutional development
Roman history
Roman myth and legend
timeOfComposition Augustan age
late 1st century BCE
usesSources Greek historians
Roman annalists
Roman oral traditions
volumesExtant books 12–20 partially preserved
books 1–11 complete
workOf Dionysius of Halicarnassus

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Dionysius of Halicarnassus work Roman Antiquities