Born: 11-Mar-1903
Birthplace: Eltham, New Zealand
Died: 4-Sep-1989
Location of death: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Historian

Nationality: England
Executive summary: The Roman Revolution

Father: David Syme
Mother: Florence

    High School: New Plymouth Boys' High School, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
    University: University of Auckland
    University: Victoria University of Wellington
    University: Oriel College, Oxford University (1927)
    Fellow: Trinity College, Oxford University
    Professor: Ancient History, Brasenose College, Oxford University (1949-70)
    Fellow: Wolfson College, Oxford University

    British Academy 1944

Author of books:
The Roman Revolution (1939, history)
Tacitus (1958, biography)
Sallust (1964, biography)
History in Ovid (1978, history)
The Augustan Aristocracy (1986, history)

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