Michael Grant (author) - Definition and Overview

Michael Grant (21 November 1914 – 9 August 2004) was a trained classicist who interpreted antiquity for the average reader, a "popularizer" who described himself as "one of the very few freelances in the field of ancient history: a rare phenomenon". His translation of Tacitus' Annales was published in 1989. His autobiography, My First Eighty Years, appeared in 1994.

Michael Grant was born in London, United Kingdom, and read classics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was awarded the OBE in 1946 and the CBE in 1958.

Michael Grant passed away on 9 August 2004 at the age of 89.

Some from among more than three dozen books by Michael Grant:

• Myths of the Greeks and Romans, 1962
• Gladiators, 1967
• The Jews in the Ancient World, 1973
• Constantine The Great: The Man And His Times
• The Army of the Caesars, 1974
• The Twelve Caesars, 1975
• History of Rome, 1978
• Dawn of the Middle Ages 1981
• The Roman Emperors, 1985
• The Fall of the Roman Empire, 1990

External link

• A more extensive bibilography of Michael Grant (http://isbndb.com/d/person/grant_michael.html)

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