Synopses & Reviews
Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinhold´s
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 of 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.
Review
"A splendid collection of source materials, documentary and epigraphic as well as literary." Oxford History of the Classical World
Synopsis
Volume I, which covers the period beginning at 753 B.C. to 14 A.D., includes: the conquest and organization of Italy by the Romans, society and culture, overseas conquests from 264㪳 B.C., the "Roman Revolution," the administration of the Imperial Republic, the Augustan Age, and coins.
Synopsis
Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinhold's
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 of 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.