Classical Roman Reader New Encounters with Ancient Rome

Name: Classical Roman Reader New Encounters with Ancient Rome
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ISBN: 9780195127409

ISBN-10: 0195127404

ISBN-13: 9780195127409

Edition: 1998

Authors: Kenneth J. Atchity

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Western civilization is in many ways an outgrowth of the Roman Empire. The Classical Roman Reader, which contains a collection of some of the finest and most important writing of the Roman period, brings the modern reader into direct contact with the literature, political thought, science, art and architecture, and psychology of classical Rome. Here are the wonders of the Roman world presented in a modern, accessible manner. Each selection is preceded by an introduction that identifies the author and provides information that allows modern readers to consider these texts in a new light. What we discover might be surprising. For instance, in Cicero's orations and Marcus Aurelius'…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/19/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 9.09" wide x 7.28" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Early Rome (509-65 B.C.)


The Rope



Annals



On Farm Management



The Brothers



Epigrams



On Agriculture




The Late Republic (64-27 B.C.)


The First Oration Against Catiline and Letters to His Wife and Family in Rome and to Caesar in Gaul



The Gallic War



Maxims



An Old Actor Addresses Julius Caesar



Elegies



Lyrics



On the Nature of Things



Lyrics



History of Rome



Aeneid



Ars Poetica




The Empire (27 B.C.-A.D. 476)


Early History of Rome



Elegies



Suasoriae



Acts



On Architecture



Metamorphoses and The Art of Love



Pumpkinification of Claudius



On Medicine



Noteworthy Words and Deeds



Natural History



Punica



Education of an Orator



The Jewish War



Pharsalia



Epigrams



On the Conveyance of Water



Thebaid



Letters



Satires



Satyricon



Annals: The Mutiny of the Pannonian Legions



from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Julius Caesar



To His Soul



Gynecology



Correspondence with Marcus Aurelius



Attic Nights



Institutes



Meditations



The Golden Ass



Opinions



Hymn to the Mother of the Gods



Lyrics



The Rape of Proserpine



Fables



Commentary on the Dream of Scipio



Military Institutions of the Romans



The Vigil of Venus


Institutes



Roman Gods/Heroes and Their Greek Counterparts


Landmarks of Roman History


Glossary


Sources and Recommendations


Acknowledgments


Illustration Credits


Index