The Greatest Classics of Roman Literature
Epic, History, Philosophy, Satire, and the Voices of Republic and EmpireBy Plutarch, Livy, Suetonius, Tacitus, Polybius, Ammianus Marcellinus, Sallust, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Julius Caesar, Emperor of Rome Augustus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger, Flavius Josephus, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Marcus Aurelius, Titus Lucretius Carus, Terence, Ovid, Horace, Virgil, Tibullus, Petronius Arbiter, Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, Lucilius, Lucius Apuleius
Length695h 54m
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The Greatest Classics of Roman Literature gathers the capacious record of Rome's imaginative, political, philosophical, and historical self-fashioning. Epic, lyric, elegy, satire, comedy, romance, oratory, memoir, technical prose, natural inquiry, biography, and historiography appear in illuminating proximity. Monumental narratives of foundation and empire stand beside intimate poems of desire, severe moral reflections, theatrical social observation, and accounts of military and civic power. The volume reveals Roman literature not as a single imperial voice but as a contested archive of republican ideals, Augustan transformation, provincial encounter, and late-antique endurance. Its contributors span centuries of Mediterranean history, from the Republic's crises through the principate and its later reconfigurations. Statesmen, commanders, emperors, philosophers, poets, administrators, and historians bring distinct social positions and generic practices to shared questions of liberty, authority, virtue, memory, religion, and cultural identity. Greek and Roman intellectual traditions converge here, while Jewish-Roman history and the perspectives of elite women complicate any narrow account of Latinity. Together, these texts chart the formation of classical literary culture and its enduring influence on European political thought and letters. This anthology is especially valuable for readers seeking both an introduction to Roman classics and a rich comparative field for study. Its breadth encourages productive dialogue between public history and private feeling, philosophical discipline and comic excess, imperial celebration and satirical critique. Students, scholars, and general readers alike will find an exceptional opportunity to trace how diverse Roman voices imagined the world they inhabited—and the worlds they hoped to shape.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length695 hrs 54 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Merchant of Venice (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography (Annotated)
2Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
3Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans - Volume 1
4Theseus
5Romulus
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6Comparison of Romulus with Theseus
7Lycurgus
8Numa Pompilius
9Comparison of Numa with Lycurgus
10Solon
11Poplicola
12Comparison of Poplicola with Solon
13Themistocles
14Camillus
15Pericles
16Fabius
17Comparison of Pericles with Fabius
18Alcibiades
19Coriolanus
20Comparison of Alcibiades with Coriolanus
21Timoleon
22Aemilius Paulus
23Comparison of Timoleon with Aemilius Paulus
24Pelopidas
25Marcellus
26Comparison of Pelopidas with Marcellus
27Aristides
28Marcus Cato
29Comparison of Aristides with Marcus Cato.
30Philopoemen
31Flamininus
32Comparison of Philopoemen with Flamininus
33Pyrrhus
34Caius Marius
35Lysander
36Sylla
37Comparison of Lysander with Sylla
38Cimon
39Lucullus
40Comparison of Lucullus with Cimon
41Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans - Volume 2
42Nicias
43Crassus
44Comparison of Crassus with Nicias
45Sertorius
46Eumenes
47Comparison of Sertorius with Eumenes
48Agesilaus
49Pompey (pt. 1)
50Pompey (pt. 2)
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