Yale Required Reading - Collected Works (Vol. 2) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Rise and Fall of Rome: The Greatest Works of the Roman Classical LiteratureBy Plautus, Terence, Ennius, Catullus, Lucretius, Julius Caesar, Sallust, Cicero, Horace, Virgil, Tibullus, Propertius, Cornelius Nepos, The Metamorphoses, Augustus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Lucan, Persius, Petronius, Martial, Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, Quintilian, Juvenal, Suetonius, Apuleius, Ammianus Marcellinus, Saint Augustine of Hippo, Claudian, Boethius, Plutarch
Length332h 5m
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Yale Required Reading - Collected Works (Vol. 2) gathers a commanding sequence of classical and late-antique texts that chart Roman literature's evolution from stage comedy and republican polemic to epic, satire, elegy, biography, historiography, and philosophical confession. Its stylistic range is striking: comic intrigue, forensic brilliance, lyric compression, encyclopedic narrative, stoic tragedy, caustic epigram, and searching spiritual autobiography stand beside landmarks such as the Metamorphoses and De Rerum Natura. The contributors represent the full social and intellectual spectrum of antiquity: playwrights, neoteric and Augustan poets, generals and statesmen, rhetoricians, imperial administrators, moralists, historians, novelists, and Christian thinkers. Read collectively, they illuminate the Republic's civic ideals, the Augustan settlement's artistic ambitions, the daring experiments of Silver Latin, and the theological reorientation of late antiquity. By placing Plutarch's comparative moral imagination among Latin voices, the volume also underscores Rome's dialogue with Greek culture. Readers seeking an education in foundational literary forms will find this volume especially rewarding. It offers not a single canon monotonously affirmed, but a conversation across centuries about power, memory, desire, virtue, empire, and salvation. To enter it is to encounter antiquity as a living archive whose tensions still sharpen modern thought.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- An Introduction draws the threads together, discussing why these diverse authors and texts belong in one collection.
- Historical Context explores the cultural and intellectual currents that shaped these works, offering insight into the shared (or contrasting) eras that influenced each writer.
- A combined Synopsis (Selection) briefly outlines the key plots or arguments of the included pieces, helping readers grasp the anthology's overall scope without giving away essential twists.
- A collective Analysis highlights common themes, stylistic variations, and significant crossovers in tone and technique, tying together writers from different backgrounds.
- Reflection questions encourage readers to compare the different voices and perspectives within the collection, fostering a richer understanding of the overarching conversation.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length332 hrs 5 mins
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Publish dateOct 13, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
110Satires (Persius) (pt. 2)
2Yale Required Reading - Collected Works (Vol. 2)
111Petronius:
3Plautus:
112The Life and Work of Petronius
4The Life and Work of Plautus
113Satyricon (pt. 1)
5Aulularia (pt. 1)
114Satyricon (pt. 2)
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6Aulularia (pt. 2)
115Satyricon (pt. 3)
7Amphitryon (pt. 1)
116Satyricon (pt. 4)
8Amphitryon (pt. 2)
117Martial:
9Terence:
118The Life and Work of Martial
10The Life and Work of Terence
119Epigrams (pt. 1)
11Adelphoe
120Epigrams (pt. 2)
12Ennius:
121Epigrams (pt. 3)
13The Life and Work of Ennius
122Epigrams (pt. 4)
14Annales
123Epigrams (pt. 5)
15Catullus:
124Epigrams (pt. 6)
16The Life and Work of Catullus
125Pliny the Younger:
17Poems and Fragments (pt. 1)
126The Life and Work of Pliny the Younger
18Poems and Fragments (pt. 2)
127Letters (pt. 1)
19Lucretius:
128Letters (pt. 2)
20The Life and Work of Lucretius
129Letters (pt. 3)
21On the Nature of Things (pt. 1)
130Letters (pt. 4)
22On the Nature of Things (pt. 2)
131Tacitus:
23On the Nature of Things (pt. 3)
132The Life and Work of Tacitus
24On the Nature of Things (pt. 4)
133The Annals (pt. 1)
25Julius Caesar:
134The Annals (pt. 2)
26The Life and Work of Julius Caesar
135The Annals (pt. 3)
27The Civil War (pt. 1)
136The Annals (pt. 4)
28The Civil War (pt. 2)
137The Annals (pt. 5)
29The Civil War (pt. 3)
138The Annals (pt. 6)
30Sallust:
139The Annals (pt. 7)
31The Life and Work of Sallust
140Quintilian:
32History of Catiline’s Conspiracy
141The Life and Work of Quintilian
33Cicero:
142Institutio Oratoria (pt. 1)
34The Life and Work of Cicero
143Institutio Oratoria (pt. 2)
35De Oratore (pt. 1)
144Institutio Oratoria (pt. 3)
36De Oratore (pt. 2)
145Institutio Oratoria (pt. 4)
37De Oratore (pt. 3)
146Institutio Oratoria (pt. 5)
38De Oratore (pt. 4)
147Institutio Oratoria (pt. 6)
39De Oratore (pt. 5)
148Institutio Oratoria (pt. 7)
40Brutus (pt. 1)
149Institutio Oratoria (pt. 8)
41Brutus (pt. 2)
150Institutio Oratoria (pt. 9)
42Brutus (pt. 3)
151Institutio Oratoria (pt. 10)
43Brutus (pt. 4)
152Institutio Oratoria (pt. 11)
44Horace:
153Institutio Oratoria (pt. 12)
45The Life and Work of Horace
154Institutio Oratoria (pt. 13)
46The Odes (pt. 1)
155Institutio Oratoria (pt. 14)
47The Odes (pt. 2)
156Institutio Oratoria (pt. 15)
48The Epodes
157Juvenal:
49The Satires (pt. 1)
158The Life and Work of Juvenal
50The Satires (pt. 2)
159Satires (pt. 1)
51The Epistles
160Satires (pt. 2)
52The Art of Poetry
161Satires (pt. 3)
53Virgil:
162Satires (pt. 4)
54The Life and Work of Virgil
163Suetonius:
55The Aeneid (pt. 1)
164The Life and Work of Suetonius
56The Aeneid (pt. 2)
165The Twelve Caesars (pt. 1)
57The Aeneid (pt. 3)
166The Twelve Caesars (pt. 2)
58The Aeneid (pt. 4)
167The Twelve Caesars (pt. 3)
59The Aeneid (pt. 5)
168The Twelve Caesars (pt. 4)
60The Georgics
169The Twelve Caesars (pt. 5)
61Tibullus:
170The Twelve Caesars (pt. 6)
62The Life and Work of Tibullus
171Apuleius:
63Elegies
172The Life and Work of Apuleius
64Propertius:
173The Metamorphoses (pt. 1)
65The Life and Work of Propertius
174The Metamorphoses (pt. 2)
66Elegies (pt. 1)
175The Metamorphoses (pt. 3)
67Elegies (pt. 2)
176The Metamorphoses (pt. 4)
68Cornelius Nepos:
177Ammianus Marcellinus:
69The Life and Work of Cornelius Nepos
178The Life and Work of Ammianus Marcellinus
70Lives of Eminent Commanders (pt. 1)
179The Roman History (pt. 1)
71Lives of Eminent Commanders (pt. 2)
180The Roman History (pt. 2)
72Lives of Eminent Commanders (pt. 3)
181The Roman History (pt. 3)
73Ovid:
182The Roman History (pt. 4)
74The Life and Work of Ovid
183The Roman History (pt. 5)
75The Metamorphoses (pt. 1)
184The Roman History (pt. 6)
76The Metamorphoses (pt. 2)
185The Roman History (pt. 7)
77The Metamorphoses (pt. 3)
186The Roman History (pt. 8)
78The Metamorphoses (pt. 4)
187The Roman History (pt. 9)
79The Metamorphoses (pt. 5)
188The Roman History (pt. 10)
80The Metamorphoses (pt. 6)
189The Roman History (pt. 11)
81The Metamorphoses (pt. 7)
190Saint Augustine of Hippo:
82The Metamorphoses (pt. 8)
191The Life and Work of Saint Augustine of Hippo
83The Metamorphoses (pt. 9)
192The Confessions (pt. 1)
84The Metamorphoses (pt. 10)
193The Confessions (pt. 2)
85The Metamorphoses (pt. 11)
194The Confessions (pt. 3)
86The Metamorphoses (pt. 12)
195The Confessions (pt. 4)
87Augustus:
196The Confessions (pt. 5)
88The Life and Work of Augustus
197Claudian:
89Lucius Annaeus Seneca:
198The Life and Work of Claudian
90The Life and Work of Seneca
199Against Eutropius
91Moral Letters to Lucilius (pt. 1)
200Boethius:
92Moral Letters to Lucilius (pt. 2)
201The Life and Work of Boethius
93Moral Letters to Lucilius (pt. 3)
202The Consolation of Philosophy (pt. 1)
94Moral Letters to Lucilius (pt. 4)
203The Consolation of Philosophy (pt. 2)
95Moral Letters to Lucilius (pt. 5)
204Plutarch:
96Moral Letters to Lucilius (pt. 6)
205The Life and Work of Plutarch
97Moral Letters to Lucilius (pt. 7)
206The Rise and Fall of Roman Supremacy:
98Moral Letters to Lucilius (pt. 8)
207Romulus
99Moral Letters to Lucilius (pt. 9)
208Poplicola
100Moral Letters to Lucilius (pt. 10)
209Camillus
101Lucan:
210Marcus Cato
102The Life and Work of Lucan
211Lucullus
103On the Civil War (pt. 1)
212Fabius
104On the Civil War (pt. 2)
213Crassus
105On the Civil War (pt. 3)
214Coriolanus
106On the Civil War (pt. 4)
215Cato the Younger (pt. 1)
107Persius:
216Cato the Younger (pt. 2)
108The Life and Work of Persius
217Cicero
109Satires (Persius) (pt. 1)
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