Ronald Syme, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ronald Syme

New Zealand-born historian and classicist

Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1903

Place of Birth: Eltham, Taranaki Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 04-Sep-1989

Profession: historian, translator, university teacher, classical scholar

Nationality: United Kingdom, New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Sir Ronald Syme, (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist.
Long associated with Oxford University, he is widely regarded as the 20th century's greatest historian of ancient Rome.
His great work was The Roman Revolution (1939), a masterly and controversial analysis of Roman political life in the period following the assassination of Julius Caesar.