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Ronald Syme
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Ronald Syme | |
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| Born | 11 March 1903 Eltham, New Zealand |
| Died | 4 September 1989 (aged 86) Eltham, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealander, British |
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| Education | New Plymouth Boys' High School |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Ancient historian |
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| Doctoral students | Barbara Levick Miriam T. Griffin Fergus Millar |
| Notable works | The Roman Revolution (1939) |
Sir Ronald Syme, OM, FBA (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist.[1][2] 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.[2] 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.
- ^ "Ronald Syme, 86, Classics Scholar And Historian at Oxford, Is Dead", The New York Times, 7 September 1989
- ^ a b Bowersock, G. W. (1991). "Ronald Syme (March 11, 1903 – September 4, 1989)". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 135 (1). American Philosophical Society: 119–122. ISSN 0003-049X. JSTOR 987156. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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