The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Character
Freinshemius
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 34
His dedication to Livy's work suggests a man who finds his own immortality in ensuring the survival of another's words. There is something quietly noble in the way he bends his scholarship to the service of history itself.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Middle-aged (17th century)
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 34
- Books
- 1
Freinshemius, the German scholar, dedicated his considerable learning to creating a supplement to Livy's histories, a work that would preserve and extend the great Roman historian's chronicle of the ancient world. His scholarly supplement, dedicated to Christina of Sweden, represented the Renaissance commitment to recovering and completing the historical record of classical antiquity.
Description
A middle-aged German scholar with the slightly rounded build of one who spends his days among books rather than in active pursuits. His graying hair frames a face marked by the thoughtful concentration of decades spent with ancient texts. He wears the formal dark robes of an academic, and his hands bear the ink stains of constant writing as he works to preserve and extend the historical legacy of Livy.
Story so far
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
Appearances
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