DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS

DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS

1-Dionysus was a famous greek historian who flourished during the reign of Augustus Caesar.

2-He was the author of the book “Roman Antiquities”,which describes the history of Rome from the mythical period to the beginning of the first Punic war.

3-Hannibal was the hero in the second Punic war.

4-Punic wars were fought between ancient Carthage (present Tunisia )and roman republic between 264 to 46 BC.

5-According to Dionysus “history in a philosophy teaching by examples”.

6-Thus ,he became the first man to define the term history.