Historia Romana (liber Libycus, Syrius, Parthicus [pseudo-Appianean], Mithridaticus, libri [5] De bellis civilibus, liber Illyricus, liber Celticus)

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LT0000005
Title
Historia Romana (liber Libycus, Syrius, Parthicus [pseudo-Appianean], Mithridaticus, libri [5] De bellis civilibus, liber Illyricus, liber Celticus)
Date
c. 1450-1454
Notes
The translation was commissioned to Decembrio by Pope Nicholas V. After the Pope's death in 1455, the humanist dedicated the five books "De bellis civilibus" (13-17 of Appian's work) to Alfonso King of Aragon.
Bibliography

M. Zaggia, "La traduzione di Appiano di Pier Candido Decembrio", Studi medievali 34/1 (1993), 193-243.

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Citation
Cecilia Sideri, "Historia Romana (liber Libycus, Syrius, Parthicus [pseudo-Appianean], Mithridaticus, libri [5] De bellis civilibus, liber Illyricus, liber Celticus)", in Vernacular Culture and Greek Texts in Renaissance Florence: a Database of Florentine Vernacularizations of Greek texts (c. 1460-1500), [https://khaki-lamb.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/s/vergreer/item/3866]. Accessed on January 8, 2025

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