ABSTRACT

The book is aimed at the general reader, as well as to the special student of Roman life and literature. It includes articles which discuss social, political and literary questions, with the majority of which are in some measure comparative studies of certain phases of life at Rome and in modern contemporary life.

part |259 pages

Society and Politics in Ancient Rome

chapter |19 pages

Municipal Politics in Pompeii

chapter |19 pages

The Story of Two Oligarchies

chapter |23 pages

Roman Women in the Trades and Professions

chapter |16 pages

Petronius: A Study in Ancient Realism

chapter |14 pages

A Roman Puritan

chapter |14 pages

Petrarch’s Letters to Cicero

chapter |32 pages

Literature and the Common People of Rome

chapter |24 pages

The Career of a Roman Student