Beyond the Tanais Tacitus and Quintus Curtius

Due to confusion between the Don and the Sir-Daria in some ancient sources, Tacitus' account of the Roman campaign against Mithradates VIII of Bosporus might have been inspired by the episode of Alexander's crossing of the 'Tanais' reported by Quintus Curtius. Tacitus highlights...

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Autor: Ballesteros Pastor, Luis
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Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
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