Rome category: 2065 books

This cutting-edge collection of essays offers provocative studies of ancient history, literature, gender identifications and roles, and subsequent interpretations of the republican and imperial Roman past. The prose and poetry of Cicero and Petronius, Lucretius, Virgil, and Ovid receive fresh interpretations;...

Fragmented, buried, and largely lost, the classical past presents formidable obstacles to anyone who would seek to know it. 'Deep Classics' is the study of these obstacles and, in particular, of the way in which the contemplation of the classical past resembles – and has even provided a model for...

The biography of the Roman scholar Ibidus (486-587) by the master of horror fiction H.P.Lovecraft first published in 1938 on O-Wash-Ta-Nong

First published in 1929, this highly influential study offers a historical perspective on the Byzantine Empire, from the establishment of Constantinople by Emperor Constantine around 330 AD, through to the fall of Constantinople at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Byron’s work...

Leisured Resistance examines the varied ways in which cultured Roman aristocrats, of very different periods, used their country estates as a political and literary tool. While for some the villas were retreats in which to compose literature and to escape from politics, others adapted this same tradition...

The book Germania by Tacitus, with Latin-English facing-page translation.

Composed during the nights of an Attic winter, the sole surviving work of Aulus Gellius, the second century Latin author and grammarian, is an intriguing compendium of notes covering philosophy, history, biography and questions of grammar. ‘Attic Nights’ offers a valuable insight into the works...

The friend of Cicero, Atticus and Catullus, Cornelius Nepos wrote short popular biographies of Greek and Roman commanders. The lives are composed in a concise, readable style and they are invaluable for their use of reliable sources. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom...

The book Agricola by Tacitus, with Latin-English facing-page translation.

A nice book tells us the two centuries of the Lombard kingdom from a point of view other than the papal Franco.  It also contains the Origo and the Chronicon of Andrea from Bergamo. This ebook has the only purpose God to make the Latin text of Paolo Deacon easily usable. The book contains a brief...

Renowned in the Roman world for his vast learning, Varro was an antiquarian, historian and agriculturist. Of Varro’s more than seventy works, his treatise ‘On Agriculture’ survives complete and a significant part of his magnum opus ‘On the Latin Language’, revealing his deep interest in...

Poet, diplomat and bishop, Sidonius Apollinaris is regarded as the most important surviving author of fifth-century Gaul. His poetry features panegyrics and short poems addressed to friends, while his nine books of letters shed valuable light on Roman culture in the late Empire. Delphi’s Ancient...

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This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.