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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Maps
- LITERARY TEXTS
- Appian : "The civil wars"
- Augustus : "The accomplishments of the deified Augustus"
- Catullus : "Selected poems"
- Cicero, M. : "In defense of Archias" ; "Letters"
- Cicero, Q. : "Running for office : a handbook"
- Epictetus : "Handbook of stoic philosophy"
- Horace : "Satires" ; "Odes"
- Juvenal : "Satires"
- Livy : "The 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" ; "Fasti" ; "Tristia"
- Perpetua : "The martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas"
- Petronius : "Trimalchio's dinner party"
- Pliny the Younger : "Letters"
- Plutarch : "The life of Marcus Cato" ; "The life of Aemilius Paulus"
- Polybius : "Histories"
- Quintilian : "The instruction of an orator"
- Seneca the Younger : "Philosophical letters" ; "The ascension of the Pumpkinhead Claudius into heaven"
- Sulpicia : "Elegies"
- Valerius Maximus : "Memorable deeds and sayings"
- Vergil : "Eclogues"
- DOCUMENTARY SECTION
- Inscriptions
- I. Epitaphs and other documents about individuals
- Persons of senatorial status
- Persons of equestrian status
- Town councilors (decurions)
- Soldiers
- Persons certainly or probably freeborn
- Persons of unknown status
- Persons of freed status
- Slaves
- II. Proclamations by and for emperors
- III. Inscriptions relating to public works
- IV. Documents relating to festivals, games, and shows
- V. Prayers and dedications to gods
- VI. Curse tablets (defixiones)
- VII. Certificates of sacrifice from the Decian Persecution
- Laws of the Twelve Tables
- A Roman calendar : April
- A Roman schoolbook (Colloquia monacensia)
- Appendices
- Roman naming conventions
- Roman time-reckoning
- Roman currency, weights, and measures
- A list of Roman emperors to AD 337
- Notes on the texts and translations
- Glossary
- 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
- Contents note continued: H Dreams (7.2, 7.3, 7.5)
- I. Miracles (8.1--3)
- Vergil, Eclogues
- 1. God Gave Us These Carefree Days
- 4. This Glorious New Era Will Begin
- DOCUMENTARY SECTION
- Inscriptions
- I. Epitaphs and Other Documents about Individuals
- Persons of Senatorial Status
- 1. So-Called Praise of Turia
- 2. Aide to Augustus
- 3. Member of Julius Caesar's and Augustus' Inner Circle
- 4. Paelignian Senator
- 5. Lady of the Highest Nobility
- 6. Brother and Sister from the Age of Trajan
- 7. Death of a Young Girl
- Persons of Equestrian Status
- 8. Young Equestrian
- 9. Graffito Mocking an Equestrian
- 10. Military Tribune
- 11. Imperial Procurator
- 12. Businessman and His Wife Who Achieved Equestrian Status
- Town Councilors (Decurions)
- 13. Election Notices from Pompeii
- 14. Patron and Official from Ostia
- 15. Priest and Patron from Spain
- 16. Priestess and Patron from Spain
- 17. Kind Official from a Village in Gaul
- 18. Aedile and Duumvir from Germany
- Soldiers
- 19. Legionary Soldier Serving in Britain
- 20. Aged Legionary Soldier
- 21. Legionary Trumpeter
- 22. Legionary Standard-Bearer
- 23. Legionary Cavalryman, the Captor of Decebalus
- 24. Gallic Cavalryman
- 25. Archer from Sidon Serving in Germany
- 26. Soldier in the Imperial Fleet
- 27. Centurion Who Came up Through the Ranks
- 28. Centurion on the Danube Frontier
- 29. Praetorian Guardsman
- 30. Decorated Praetorian Guardsman
- 31. Reservist of the Emperor
- 32. Member of the First Urban Cohort
- 33. Mounted Guardsman from the Reign of Hadrian
- Persons Certainly or Probably Freeborn
- 34. Man Who Enjoyed His Wine
- 35. Father's Love for His Daughter
- 36. Exemplary Mother
- 37. Musician
- 38. Graveside Banquets in Honor of a Mother
- 39. Mother Who Lost Her Children
- 40. Young Wife
- 41. Loving Couple
- 42. Wife and Business Partner
- 43. Avid Ball Player
- 44. Wife Who Died in Childbirth
- Persons of Unknown Status
- 45. Anonymous Infant
- 46. Anonymous Foster-Son
- Persons of Freed Status
- 47. Family of a Swine Dealer
- 48. Seller of Goat-Skins
- 49. Freedman of a Slave Dealer
- 50. Freedman Murdered by His Slave
- Slaves
- 51. Favorite Slave Girl
- 52. Fourteen-Year-Old Slave Who Died after Giving Birth
- 53. Short-Hand Writer
- 54. Scholarly Slave Boy
- 55. Twelve-Year-Old Gold Worker
- 56. Collars Worn by Recaptured Fugitive Slaves
- II. Proclamations by and for Emperors
- 57. Oath of Loyalty to Augustus and His Family
- 58. Oath of Loyalty to Caligula Sworn by Residents of Aritium, Spain
- 59. Claudius' Speech to the Senate Concerning Admission of Gauls to the Senate
- 60. Senatorial Resolution Ratifying the Powers of the Emperor Vespasian
- 61. Vespasian's Letter to the Town Councilors of Sabora
- 62. Inscription on a Triumphal Arch in the Circus Maximus, Honoring Titus
- 63. Hadrian's Address to the Army at Lambaesis
- III. Inscriptions Relating to Public Works
- 64. Aqueduct and Other Amenities for Aletrium
- 65. Walls and Towers Repaired at Private Expense
- 66. Wall for a City Square Financed by a Freedman
- 67. Streets Financed by a Governor
- 68. Streets Financed by a Group of Freedmen
- 69. Playing Field Financed by a Local Magistrate
- 70. Temple of Apollo Restored by a Local Magistrate
- 71. Wall around a Shrine Financed by a Woman
- IV. Documents Relating to Festivals, Games, and Shows
- 72. Decree of Town Councilors Sponsoring Public Events as Part of Imperial Cult
- 73. Sponsor from Pompeii
- 74. Sponsor from Alife
- 75. Producer and Head of the Guild of Latin Mime Actors
- 76. Star Mime Actor
- 77. Epitaph of a Pantomime Dancer
- 78. Epitaph of a Pantomime Dancer
- 79. Epitaph of the Gladiator Flamma
- 80. Epitaph of the Gladiator Ajax
- 81. Epitaph of the Gladiator Exochus
- 82. Epitaph of the Gladiator Niger
- 83. Epitaph of the Gladiator Volusenus
- 84. Epitaph of the Gladiator Felix
- 85. Epitaph of the Gladiator Amabilis
- 86. Epitaph for Two Gladiators who Killed Each Other
- 87. Inscription Honoring Polynices the Charioteer
- 88. Inscription Honoring Diocles the Charioteer
- V. Prayers and Dedications to Gods
- 89. Dedication of an Altar to Jupiter Optimus Maximus
- 90. Dedication of an Altar to' the Numen of Augustus
- 91. Prayer of Married Women to Juno
- 92. Votive Offering to Bona Dea
- 93. Altars near a Fort on Hadrian's Wall
- VI. Curse Tablets (Defixiones)
- 94. Lead Curse Tablet from Chagnon, France
- 95. Lead Curse Tablet from Minturno, Italy
- 96. Lead Curse Tablet from Carthage
- 97. Illustrated Lead Curse Tablet from Carthage
- VII. Certificates of Sacrifice from the Decian Persecution
- 98. Two Brothers and Their Wives
- 99. Priestess of the God Petesouchos
- 100. Inaris and Her Children
- Laws of the Twelve Tables
- Roman Calendar: April
- Roman Schoolbook (Colloquia Monacensia)
- Appendices
- Roman Naming Conventions
- Roman Time Reckoning
- Roman Currency, Weights, and Measures
- List of Roman Emperors to AD 337.
- LITERARY TEXTS
- Appian, The Civil Wars
- A Crisis of the Late Republic (1.1--6)
- B. Problem of Land and Tiberius Gracchus (1.7--16)
- C. Spartacus and the Great Slave Revolt (1.116--120)
- Augustus, The Accomplishments of the Deified Augustus
- Catullus, Selected Poems
- 1
- 5
- 7
- 8
- 10
- 11
- 13
- 16
- 22
- 28
- 29
- 34
- 48
- 49
- 50
- 51
- 72
- 75
- 83
- 85
- 93
- 101
- Cicero, M.
- In Defense of Archias
- Letters
- 1. July 65 BC, On His Candidacy for the Consulship (Ad Atticum 1.1)
- 2. July 65 BC, On the Birth of His Son (Ad Atticum 1.2)
- 3. January 25, 61 BC, On the Bona Dea Scandal (Ad Atticum 1.13)
- 4. Early July 61 BC, On the Trial of Clodius (Ad Atticum 1.16)
- 5. July 59 BC, On the First Triumvirate (Ad Atticum 2.19)
- 6. April 3, 58 BC, On the Law Relating to His Exile (Ad Atticum 3.4)
- 7. April 6, 58 BC, On His Exile (Ad Atticum 3.5)
- 8. April 30, 58 BC, To His Wife from Exile (Ad Familiares 14.4)
- 9. November 23, 57 BC, On the Gangs and Chaos in Rome (Ad Atticum 4.3)
- 10. October 16, 50 BC, From Athens, On the Looming Conflict! between Pompeius and Caesar (Ad Atticum 7.1)
- 11. January 24, 49 BC, On Caesar's March on Rome (Ad Familiares 14.18)
- 12. January 29, 49 BC, On Caesar's March on Rome (Ad Familiares 16.12)
- 13. Around March 5, 49 BC, Julius Caesar to Cicero, Asking Cicero to Stay in Rome (Ad Atticum 9.6A)
- 14. March 20, 49 BC, Cicero's Reply to Caesar, Stating His Obligation to Pompeius (Ad Atticum 9.11 A)
- 15. November 27, 48 BC, On His Post-War Position and the Death of Pompeius (Ad Atticum 11.6)
- 16. Mid-April 45 BC, On Tullia's Death (Ad Familiares 4.6)
- 17. December 45, On A Visit from Caesar (Ad Atticum 13.52)
- 18. April 44 BC, On Caesars Assassination and Its Aftermath (Ad Atticum 14.10)
- 19. September 44 BC, Urging Cassius to Return and Fight Antonius (Ad Familiares 12.2)
- 20. October 44 BC, On the Tyranny of Antonius (Ad Familiares 12.3)
- 21. April 23, 43 BC, On the Defeat of Antonius at Forum Gallorum (Ad Brutum 1.3)
- 22. April 43 BC, On the Defeat of Antonius at Mutina (Ad Brutum 1.3A)
- 23. July 43, On the Voting in the Senate of Honors to Octavian and Penalties for Antonius (Ad Brutum 1.15)
- Cicero, Q., Running for Office: A Handbook
- Epictetus, A Handbook of Stoic Philosophy
- Horace
- Satires
- 1.5. Journey to Brundisium
- 1.6. On Ambition and Noble Birth
- 1.9. Pest
- Odes
- 1.1. To Maecenas
- 1.2. To Augustus
- 1.3. To Vergil
- 1.4. To Sestius
- 1.8. To Lydia
- 1.9. To Thaliarchus
- 1.11. To Leuconoe
- 1.37. Fall of Cleopatra
- 3.2. Meaning of Virtus
- 3.6. Plea to the Romans
- 3.30. Poetic Immortality
- Juvenal, Satires
- 1. Why I Write
- 3. Umbricius Leaves Rome in Disgust
- Livy, The History of Rome from Its Foundation
- A. Preface
- B. From Aeneas to the Foundation of Rome (1.1--7)
- C. Reign of Romulus (1.8--17)
- D. Reign of Numa (1.18--21)
- E. Reign of Tarquinius Priscus (1.34--40)
- F. Reign of Servius Tullius (1.41--48)
- G. Reign of Tarquinius Superbus (1.49--60)
- Lucretius, On the Nature of Things
- A. Epicureanism and the Concept of Atoms (1.1--264)
- B. Freedom from Pain and Worry (2.1--124), The Swerve and Free Will (2.216--93)
- C. Gods Are Far Removed from Our World (2.570--660)
- D. Mind and Body Are Inseparable; Death Is Not to Be Feared (3.784--1094)
- Martial
- On the Spectacles
- 1. Colosseum Outshines All the Wonders of the World (Spectacles, 1)
- 2. Spectacular Execution (Spectacles, 9)
- 3. Beast-Fighter (Spectacles, 17)
- 4. Trained Elephant (Spectacles, 20)
- 5. Tame Tigress Made Savage (Spectacles, 21)
- 6. Sea-Battle in the Colosseum (Spectacles, 27)
- 7. Synchronized Swimming (Spectacles, 30)
- 8. Gladiators Fight to a Draw (Spectacles, 31)
- Epigrams
- 9. To My Readers (Book 1, preface)
- 10. Book Addresses Its Reader (Epigrams, 1.1)
- 11. Sexual Exhibitionist (Epigrams, 1.34)
- 12. Doctor (Epigrams, 1.47)
- 13. Neighbor Never Seen (Epigrams, 1.86)
- 14. Hard on the Outside, Soft on the Inside (Epigrams, 1.96)
- 15. Desperate for a Dinner Invitation (Epigrams, 2.11)
- 16. Client's Client (Epigrams, 2.18)
- 17. Eager Supporter (Epigrams, 2.27)
- 18. Outside Doesn't Match the Inside (Epigrams, 2.36)
- 19. Cruel Master (Epigrams, 2.82)
- 20. Dinner Replaces Handouts (Epigrams, 3.7)
- 21. Corpse at Dinner (Epigrams, 3.12)
- 22. Hopes and Dreams of a Life in Rome (Epigrams, 3.38)
- 23. Man to Be Avoided (Epigrams, 3.44)
- 24. Perfume (Epigrams, 3.55)
- 25. Unequal Dinner Party (Epigrams, 3.60)
- 26. Elegant Man (Epigrams, 3.63)
- 27. Boy Lover Grows Up (Epigrams, 4.7)
- 28. Day in Imperial Rome (Epigrams, 4.8)
- 29. Rich Atheist (Epigrams, 4.21)
- 30. Urban Villa (Epigrams, 4.64)
- 31. Mystery in the Country (Epigrams, 4.66)
- 32. Roman Girls Never Say No (Epigrams, 4.71)
- 33. Epitaph for a Slave Girl (Epigrams, 5.34)
- 34. Escaping the Salutatio (Epigrams, 7.39)
- 35. Troubling Dreams (Epigrams, 7.54)
- 36. Effeminate Husband (Epigrams, 7.58)
- 37. Clearing the Streets (Epigrams, 7.61)
- 38. Rich Wives in Charge (Epigrams, 8.12)
- 39. Punishing a Cook (Epigrams, 8.23)
- 40. Diminishing Gifts for Saturnalia (Epigrams, 8.71)
- 41. Way to Stay Young (Epigrams, 8.79)
- 42. Loud Schoolmaster (Epigrams, 9.68)
- 43. Gold-Digging (Epigrams, 10.8)
- 44. Ungenerous Friend (Epigrams, 10.15)
- 45. Good Life (Epigrams, 10.47)
- 46. Poet Must Eat (Epigrams, 11.24)
- 47. Paedagogus (Epigrams, 11.39)
- 48. Impoverished Philosopher (Epigrams, 11.56)
- 49. German War-Captive (Epigrams, 11.96)
- 50. Prudish Wife and Her Adventurous Husband (Epigrams, 11.104)
- Novatian, On the Spectacles
- Ovid
- Art of Love, Book 1
- Fasti, April 21
- Tristia 4.10
- Perpetua, The Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas
- Petronius, Trimalchio's Dinner Party
- Pliny the Younger, Letters
- 1. False Activity and Authentic Leisure (1.9)
- 2. Long and Short Speeches (1.20)
- 3. Status-Grading at Dinner Parties (2.6)
- 4. Solicitation of Electoral Support (2.9)
- 5. Dramatic Trial in the Senate (2.11)
- 6. Legacy Hunting (2.20)
- 7. Choosing a Teacher (3.3)
- 8. Writings and Amazing Energy of Pliny the Elder (3.5)
- 9. Character of a Philosopher (3.11)
- 10. Farm Estate and Its Tenant-Farmers (3.19)
- 11. Hiring a Teacher for Comum (4.13)
- 12. On His New Wife (4.19)
- 13. Death of Fundanus' Daughter (5.16)
- 14. Freedman Comic Actor (5.19)
- 15. Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and the Death of Pliny the Elder (6.16)
- 16. Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius as Seen from Misenum (6.20)
- 17. Mysterious Disappearance (6.25)
- 18. Roman Lady and Her Pantomime Troupe (7.24)
- 19. Worship of an Italian River God (8.8)
- 20. On His Wife's Miscarriage (8.10)
- 21. Grief over Dying Slaves (8.16)
- 22. Advice to a Provincial Governor (9.5)
- 23. On Not Going to the Races (9.6)
- 24. Entertainments at Dinner (9.17)
- 25. Hopeless Debt among Tenant-Farmers (9.37)
- 26. Rebuilding a Rural Temple (9.39)
- 27. Financing a New Public Bath Building (10.23, Pliny to the Emperor Trajan)
- 28. Reply (Trajan to Pliny, 10.24)
- 29. On the Treatment of Convicts (10.31, Pliny to Trajan)
- 30. Reply (10.32, Trajan to Pliny)
- 31. On the Status of Exposed Children Raised in Slavery (10.65, Pliny to Trajan)
- 32. Reply (10.66, Trajan to Pliny)
- 33. How to Conduct Trials of Christians (10.96, Pliny to Trajan)
- 34. Reply (10.97, Trajan to Pliny)
- Plutarch
- Life of Cato the Elder
- Life of Aemilius Paullus (chs. 26--34)
- Polybius, Histories
- A. Roman Constitution (6.11--18)
- B. Roman Army (6.19--26)
- C. Roman Camp (6.26--42)
- D. Roman Funerals (6.53--54)
- Quintilian, The Instruction of an Orator
- Letter to the Bookseller
- A. Intellectual Capacity (1.1.1--3)
- B. First Instruction (1.1.4--14)
- C. Alphabet (1.1.24--29)
- D. Home-Schooling vs.
- "Public" Education (1.2.1--29)
- E Classroom Management (1.3.6--13)
- F. Corporal Punishment (1.3.14--18)
- G. Language Study under the Grammaticus (1.4.1--5)
- H. Training under the Teacher of Public Speaking (Rhetor) (2.1.1--13)
- Seneca The Younger
- Philosophical Letters
- 1. What Matters Is on the Inside (Epistulae Morales 5)
- 2. Avoid the Crowd (EM 7)
- 3. Self-Examination (EM 27)
- 4. On the Humane Treatment of Slaves (EM 47)
- 5. Sin City: Baiae and Its Harmful Ways (EM 51)
- 6. Vatia's Villa, or, A Life Not Worth Living (EM 55)
- 7. Living above a Bathhouse (EM 56)
- 8. Nature Requires Little, Humans Much (EM 60)
- 9. Stop Wasting Time (EM 62)
- 10. On the Liberal Arts (EM 88)
- Ascension of the Pumpkinhead Claudius into Heaven
- Sulpicia, Elegies
- 1. Love That Should Be Talked About (Corpus Tibullianum, 3.13)
- 2. Rotten Birthday in the Country (3.14)
- 3. Unexpected Surprise (3.15)
- 4. Cheating Lover (3.16)
- 5. Hard-Hearted Lover (3.17)
- 6. Lover's Mistake (3.18)
- Valerius Maximus, Memorable Deeds and Sayings
- Preface
- A. General Organization of Roman Religion (1.1)
- B. Religious Procedure (1.3--4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.10)
- C. Retribution of the Gods (1.14, 1.19)
- D. Foreign Superstitions (3.3)
- E. Importance of the Auspices (4.2, 4.3, 4.6)
- F. Omens (Chance Utterances) (5.1, 5.3, 5.7)
- G. Prodigies (Unhatural Occurances) (6.1, 6.9, 6.11--13)