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On the Nature of Things by Lucretius Publisher Comments This great poem stands with Virgil's Aeneid as one of the vital and enduring achievements of Latin literature. Lost for more than a thousand years, its return to circulation in 1417 reintroduced dangerous ideas about the nature and meaning of existence... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper 
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The Pot of Gold and Other Plays by Plautus Publisher Comments Plautus's broad humor, reflecting Roman manners and contemporary life, is revealed in these five plays: The Pot of Gold (Aulularia), The Prisoners (Captivi), The Brothers Menaechmus (Menaechmi), The Swaggering Soldier (Miles Gloriosus), and Pseudolus.... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Aeneid of Virgil (Bantam Classics) by Virgil Publisher Comments Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--as literature as well.Virgil's Aeneid is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism--the searching portrait of a man caught... (read more) List Price $5.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius Publisher Comments 'Translated by Robert Graves and Revised with an Introduction by Michael Grant.'... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Agricola: And the Germania by Cornelius Tacitus and Harold B. Mattingly and S. A. Hanford Publisher Comments Detailed historical accounts of the British Isles ("Agricola") and the virtues of the Germans ("Germania").... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Meditations (Penguin Classics) by Marcus Aurelius Staff Pick Consigned to notebooks by one of Rome's last great emperors, Meditations contains the blood and fire of Stoic philosophy. It has been a favorite for many ages and graced the bedside of kings and laity alike.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Aenid (08 Edition) by Vergil Publisher Comments This extraordinary new translation of the Aeneid stands alone among modern Vergil translations for its accuracy and poetic appeal. Sarah Ruden, a lyric poet in her own right, is the first woman to translate Vergils great epic, and she renders the poem... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Metamorphoses (86 Edition) by Ovid Publisher Comments Metamorphoses--the best-known poem by one of the wittiest poets of classical antiquity--takes as its theme change and transformation, as illustrated by Greco-Roman myth and legend. Melville's new translation reproduces the grace and fluency of Ovid's... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Meditations (Modern Library Classics) by Marcus Aurelius and Gregory Hays Staff Pick Consigned to notebooks by one of Rome's last great emperors, Meditations contains the blood and fire of Stoic philosophy. It has been a favorite for many ages and graced the bedside of kings and laity alike.... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Golden Ass by Apuleius Publisher Comments With accuracy, wit, and intelligence, this remarkable new translation of The Golden Ass breathes new life into Apuleius's classic work. Sarah Ruden, a lyric poet as well as a highly respected translator, skillfully duplicates the verbal high jinks of... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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The Satyricon by J P Sullivan Publisher Comments The marvelously entertaining parody of imperial Rome. One of the most outrageous and strikingly modern works to have survived from the ancient world, The Satyricon offers an unmatched satirical portrait of the age of Nero, in all its excesses and chaos.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Meditations (06 Edition) by Marcus Aurelius Staff Pick Consigned to notebooks by one of Rome's last great emperors, Meditations contains the blood and fire of Stoic philosophy. It has been a favorite for many ages and graced the bedside of kings and laity alike.... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Annals of Imperial Rome (Penguin Classics) by Tacitus Synopsis "The Annals of Imperial Rome" recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero in AD 68. Michael Grant's introduction discusses the life and works of Tacitus and the historical context of the... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Meditations (Dover Thrift Editions) by Aurelius Marcus Publisher Comments Stirring reflections on the human condition from a warrior and emperor provide a fascinating glimpse into the mind and personality of a highly principled Roman of the 2nd century. Recognizing that suffering is at the core of life, he counsels stoic... (read more) Your price: $3.00 New - Trade Paper
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Penguin Classics #51: The Aeneid by Virgil About the Author Virgil, born in 70 B.C., is best remembered for his masterpiece, The Aeneid. He earned great favor by portraying Augustus as a descendant of the half-god, half-man Aeneas. Although Virgil swore on his deathbed that The Aeneid was incomplete and unworthy,... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of the Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Publisher Comments BEAR IN MIND THAT THE MEASURE OF A MAN IS THE WORTH OF THE THINGS HE CARES ABOUT. IF IT IS GOOD TO SAY OR DO SOMETHING, THEN IT IS EVEN BETTER TO BE CRITICIZED FOR HAVING SAID OR DONE IT. ARE MY GUIDING PRINCIPLES HEALTHY AND ROBUST? ON THIS HANGS... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Metamorphoses by Ovid Publisher Comments The Metamorphoses of Ovid offers to the modern world such a key tothe literary and religious culture of the ancients that it becomes an importantevent when at last a good poet comes up with a translation into English verse.-- John Crowe Ransom ... a... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Aeneid (Vintage Classics) by Virgil Publisher Comments Virgil's great epic transforms the Homeric tradition into a triumphal statement of the Roman civilizing mission. Translated by Robert Fitzgerald.... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Aeneid by Virgil and Robert Fagles Publisher Comments From the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epic With his translations of Homer's classic poems, Robert Fagles gave new life to seminal works of the Western canon and became one of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Early History of Rome by Livy Publisher Comments With stylistic brilliance and historical imagination, the first five books of Livy's monumental history of Rome record events from the foundation of Rome through the history of the seven kings, the establishment of the Republic and its internal struggles,... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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