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Here, translated into modern English, are the works of literature, history, science, oratory, and philosophy that constitute the mainstream of Roman thought and continue to influence world civilizations. This volume includes:
· Complete translations of Plautus’ The Haunted House, Terence’s Woman from Andros, Seneca’s Medea, and the Deeds of the Deified Augustus.
· Selections from Vergil’s Georgics and Aeneid, the poems of Catullus, Horace’s Odes, Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Fasti, the Satyricon of Petronius, and the Sixth Satire of Juvenal.
· Selections from Lucretius’ On the Nature of Things, Cicero’s speeches and philosophical works, and Quintilian’s The Training of the Orator.
· Selections from histories by Sallust, Livy’s History of Rome, Tacitus’ Annals and Germania, and letters of Pliny the Younger.


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  1. Cover
  2. p. 1
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Contributors
  2. pp. 2-9
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. 10-15
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  1. Roman Culture: An Essay
  2. pp. 3-12
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  1. The Haunted House of Plautus - Translated by Harry J. Leon
  2. pp. 13-37
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  1. The Woman from Andros Of Terence - Translated by R. I. Wilfred Westgate and Rogers V. Scudder
  2. pp. 38-59
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  1. Titus Lucretius Carus On the Nature of Things - Translated by Alban D. Winspear
  2. pp. 60-84
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  1. Selections From Sallust - Translated by Paul MacKendrick
  2. pp. 85-99
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  1. Selections From The Speeches of Cicero - Translated by Norman J. DeWitt
  2. pp. 100-145
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  1. Selections From Cicero's Philosophical Works - Translated by Paul MacKendrick
  2. pp. 146-203
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  1. Selections From The Poems Of Catullus - Translated by Eric A. Havelock
  2. pp. 204-212
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  1. Selections From The Georgics Of Vergil - Translated by Robert Fitzgerald and Smith Palmer Bovie
  2. pp. 213-218
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  1. Selections From The Aeneid Of Vergil - Translated by Rolfe Humphries
  2. pp. 219-263
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  1. Selections From The Odes Of Horace - Translated by the Sargent Prize Translators, Paul Shorey, and Goldwin Smith
  2. pp. 264-272
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  1. Selections From Ovid - Translated by Dorrance S. White
  2. pp. 273-279
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  1. Selections From Livy's History of Rome - Translated by Inez Scott Ryberg
  2. pp. 280-301
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  1. The Deeds of the Deified Augustus - Translated by Charles F. Edson and Carl Schuler
  2. pp. 302-308
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  1. Seneca's Medea - Translated by Elizabeth C. Evans
  2. pp. 309-323
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  1. Selections From The Satyricon Of Petronius - Translated by Alston H. Chase
  2. pp. 324-334
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  1. Selections From Quintilian's The Training of the Orator - Translated by Paul MacKendrick
  2. pp. 335-360
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  1. Selected Letters Of The Younger Pliny - Translated by John Paul Heironimus
  2. pp. 361-368
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  1. Selections From Tacitus - Translated by Harry J. Leon
  2. pp. 369-414
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  1. Selections From The Sixth Satire Of Juvenal - Translated by John Paul Heironimus
  2. pp. 415-425
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  1. Selections From The Deified Julius of Suetonius - Translated by John Paul Heironimus
  2. pp. 426-436
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  1. Maps
  2. pp. 450-455
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