Michael Rostovtzeff
Michael Rostovtzeff
Mikhail Ivanovich Rostovtzeff, or Rostovtsevwas an ancient historian whose career straddled the 19th and 20th centuries and who produced important works on ancient Roman and Greek history. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Science...
NationalityUkrainian
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth10 November 1870
CountryUkraine
Michael Rostovtzeff quotes about
war long political
For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or to an account of wars and great generals.
writing helping archaeology
We must learn, and we are gradually learning, how to write history with the help of archaeology.
independent illustration historical
For me archaeology is not a source of illustrations for written texts, but an independent source of historical information, with no less value and importance, sometimes more importance, that the written sources.