La figura del historiador en la República romana

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the aristocratic background of the Roman historian in the Republic drawing on a prospographic study of the attested authors. The result leads to the conclusion that few members of the well-known senatorial families became interested in writing history compared to the new families from the third century Punic Wars and the low ranking aristocrats. Besides, it addresses the social invisibility of this intellectual activity that will not be acknowledged until the end of the Republic.