We must learn, and we are gradually learning, how to write history with the help of archaeology.

- Michael Rostovtzeff

For me archaeology is not a source of illustrations for written texts, but an independent source of historical information, with no less value and im…

- Michael Rostovtzeff

For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, o…

- Michael Rostovtzeff