Ancient Rome : an anthology of sources
| Weitere Verfasser: |
Francese, Christopher
Smith, R. Scott, 1971- |
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Indianapolis :
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.,
[2014].
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| Umfang/Format: |
xxiii, 548 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Schlagworte: | |
| iDAI.gazetteer: |
Imperium Romanum |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction
- Maps
- LITERARY TEXTS. Appian, "The civil wars : a) The crisis of the late republic, b) The problem of land and of Tiberius Gracchus, c) Spartacus and the great slave revolt"
- Augustus, "The accomplishments of the deified Augustus"
- Catullus, "Poems"
- Cicero, "In defense of Archias," "Letters"
- Quintus Cicero, "Running for office : a handbook"
- Epictetus, "Handbook of stoic philosophy"
- Horace, "Satires," "Odes"
- Juvenal, "Satires"
- Livy, "A history of Rome from its foundation"
- Lucretius, "On the nature of things"
- Martial, "On the spectacles," "Epigrams"
- Novatian, "On the spectacles"
- Ovid, "The art of love, Book 1," "Fasti," "Tristia"
- Perpetua, "The martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas"
- Petronius, "Trimalchio's dinner party"
- Pliny the Younger, "Letters"
- Plutarch, "The life of Marcus Cato" (whole), "The life of Aemilius Paulus" (excerpts)
- Polybius, "Histories"
- Quintilian, "The instruction of an orator"
- Seneca, "Philosophical letters," "The ascension of Claudius the Pumpkinhead into heaven"
- Sulpicia, "Elegies"
- Valerius Maximus, "Memorable deeds and sayings"
- Vergil, "Eclogue 1," "Eclogue 4"
- DOCUMENTARY SECTION. Inscriptions
- Laws of the twelve tables
- A Roman calendar
- A Roman schoolbook
- APPENDICES. Roman names
- Roman time-reckoning
- Roman currency, weights and measures
- A list of Roman emperors to 337 AD
- Notes on the texts and translations
- Literary authors
- Documentary section.
