Quotes by Michael Rostovtzeff

About Michael Rostovtzeff:

Mikhail Ivanovich Rostovtzeff 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.
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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.

Michael Rostovtzeff

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

Author Bio

  • NameMichael Rostovtzeff
  • DescriptionRussian academic
  • BornNovember 10, 1870
  • DiedOctober 20, 1952
  • CountryRussian Empire; United States Of America
  • ProfessionEconomist; Anthropologist; Archaeologist; Historian