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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.

Michael Rostovtzeff

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My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.
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Michael Rostovtzeff

Michael Rostovtzeff
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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:
  1. Iranians & Greeks in South Russia (1922)
  2. Mystic Italy (1927)
  3. Caravan cities

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