 | Roman Civilization: Selected Readings, Vol. 1: The Republic And The Augustan Age (Volume 1) By Naphtali Lewis, Meyer Reinhold
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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.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #14415 in Books
- Published on: 1990-04-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .2 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 674 pages
Review
A splendid collection of source materials, documentary and epigraphic as well as literary. -- Oxford History of the Classical World
A splendid collection of source materials, documentary and epigraphic as well as literary. -- Review
About the Author
Naphtali Lewis is professor of classical studies at Boston University.
Meyer Reinhold is University Professor of Classical Studies at Boston University.
Both are distinguished classicists and have written numerous books and articles during their careers.
Most helpful customer reviews
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful.Original Sources
By D. H. Friedman
This anthology of original sources contains excerpts both from classical historians (generally writing during the early Empire) and from letters, monuments, governmental decrees, laws and inscriptions.
This isn't an introduction to Roman Civilization: the editorial comments help set the context but you need to know the political history and the geography in broad outline already, or be learning it as you read this book.
The selections fill in the details, and give you some sense of how the Romans and their subject peoples of various periods throughout Rome's hundreds of years of history thought of themselves and their times, on matters of foreign and domestic policy, social order, religion, and Rome's place in the world.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.Engaging
By C. Johnson
This book is a wonderful introduction to Roman history and a good read as well. I first read it for a class in college and then bought it again later because I wanted to revisit it... It is NOT usual for me to re-buy a textbook! If you are interested in the Republican era of Roman history, you will not find a better source for it.
10 of 22 people found the following review helpful.Liber Perexcellens
By B. Lotfinia
Although I was required to purchase and use this book for my Roman History course, I found it to be absolutely amazing in quality and detailed and compelling in content.
No enthusiast of Classical civilization, amature or professional, should be without this book.
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