Appian

Appian was a Greek-speaking historian of the Roman imperial period. His Roman History organises Rome’s expansion by peoples and regions, while the surviving Civil Wars provide an important narrative of the republic’s violent collapse.

In non-fiction, Appian is discussed in Appian’s The Civil Wars and Cassius Dio’s The Roman History: Reign of Augustus. Appian’s The Civil Wars approaches the subject through political ambition and government and crime, espionage and covert power.