historia rerum gestarum

[faisalb]

I read this phrase in a book. I believe it is Latin, I tried looking it up but could not find it anywhere. Any help would be appreciated.

faisal

 

[Benjy]

this is the en-only forum i'll stick it in other languages where the latin speakers hang out

 

[la grive solitaire]

I believe that it means the factual and objective (rather than subjective or interpreted) account of historical events.

 

[darkov]

res gestae = what actually happened
if my latin is not to rusty, historia rerum gestarum woul be history of actual events
as i can remember pius II (the pope) has writen book named "historia rerum ubique gestarum" witch has been considered as "popular" history book

 

[Anne345]

res gestae : history, "what actually happened",

historia rerum gestarum : historiography - or any form of representation, narrative