Antedating Quote "history is written by the victor" (1919)

[Joel S. Berson]

I'm waiting for the Latin -- Josephus? -- or the
Greek -- Thucydides? -- and the translations therefrom.

Joel

At 12/18/2009 12:47 PM, Ken Hirsch wrote:
>I've found earlier, almost identical sayings.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/yd3sxcp 1842 in French
>   A partir de son nouveau désastre, les chroniques lui attribuent une
>   foule de crimes; l'histoire est juste peut-être, mais qu'on ne
>   l'oublie pas, elle a été écrite par les vainqueurs.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/ydorwpo 1840s in French
>   Vaincu dont l'histoire fut écrite par les vainqueurs, Robespierre
>   avait laissé une mémoire maudite.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/yd3ztg2 1844 the above French translated into English:
>   "Vanquished—his history written by the victors—Robespierre has
>   left a memory accursed"
>
>http://tinyurl.com/y885vo5 1852 in Italian
>   La storia di questi avvenimenti fu scritta dai vincitori, i quali non
>   hanno mai una parola di compassione o di lode pei caduti.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/y8gphno 1864 in Italian
>   Giovanni Marco Burigozzo bottegaio lombardo fu l' ultimo raccoglitore
>   dei dolori del popolo ; appresso venne la storia classica, cortigiana,
>   prezzolata: l'istoria scritta dai vincitori.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/y8euemp 1866 this translated into English
>   John Mark Burigozzo, a Lombard shopkeeper, was the last annalist who
>   recorded the sorrows of the people. Then came classic, courtly and
>   salaried historians—history written by the victors. There is need of
>   great caution in reading the verdict of a history written with the
>   sword.
>
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