Roman Civilization: Selected Readings Vol. 2: The Empire
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Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinholds Roman Civilization is a classic. Originally published by Columbia University Press in 1955 the authors have undertaken another revision which takes into account recent work in the field. These volumes consist of selected primary documents from ancient Rome covering a range f over 1 000 years of Roman culture from the foundation of the city to its sacking by the Goths. The selections cover a broad spectrum of Roman civilization including literature philosophy religion education politics military affairs and economics. These English translations of literary inscriptional and papyrological sources many of which are available nowhere else create a mosaic of the brilliance the beauty and the power of Rome.
