Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Michael Rostovtzeff
Born: November 10, 1870
Died: October 20, 1952 (aged 81)
Bio: Mikhail Ivanovich Rostovtzeff, or Rostovtsev was 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.
Known for:
- Iranians & Greeks in South Russia (1922)
- Mystic Italy (1927)
- Caravan cities