Latin Literature Books

New and Published Books

1. The Hand of Cicero

   By Shane Butler

   Hundreds perished in Rome's Second Proscription, but one victim is remembered above all others. Cicero stands out, however, not only because of his fame, but also because his murder included a unique addition to the customary decapitation. For his corpse was deprived not only of its head, but also...

   Published September 5th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Historians of Ancient Rome

   An Anthology of the Major Writings, 3rd Edition

   Edited by Ronald Mellor

   Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World

   The Historians of Ancient Rome is the most comprehensive collection of ancient sources for Roman history available in a single English volume. After a general introduction on Roman historical writing, extensive passages from more than a dozen Greek and Roman historians and biographers trace...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
3. The History and Literature of Christianity

   By Pierre De Labriolle

   Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
4. Virgil's Homeric Lens

   By Edan Dekel

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   Virgil’s Homeric Lens reevaluates the traditional view of the Aeneid’s relationship to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Almost since the death of Virgil, there has been an assumption that the Aeneid breaks into two discrete halves: Virgil’s Odyssey, and Virgil’s Iliad. Although modified in various ways...

   Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge
5. Classical Literature

   An Introduction

   Edited by Neil Croally, Roy Hyde

   Series: Aspects of Classical Civilization

   Classical Literature: An Introduction provides a series of essays on all the major authors of Greek and Latin literature, as well as on a number of writers less often read. An introductory chapter provides information on important general topics, such as poetic metres, patronage and symposia. The...

   Published May 9th 2011 by Routledge
6. Aspects of Roman History 82BC–AD14

   A Source-based Approach

   By Mark Davies, Hilary Swain

   Series: Aspects of Classical Civilization

   Aspects of Roman History 82BC–AD14 examines the political and military history of Rome and its empire in the Ciceronian and Augustan ages. It is an indispensable introduction to this central period of Roman History for all students of Roman history, from pre-university to undergraduate level. This...

   Published May 10th 2010 by Routledge
7. Pliny on Art and Society

   The Elder Pliny's Chapters On The History Of Art

   By Jacob Isager

   Pliny sketches a theory of advancing moral decline and extravagance, in the course of which he gives a detailed account of six centuries of classical art and a fascinating sketch of the world of the rich Roman collector. Isager's is the first full treatment of this subject for over a hundred years....

   Published April 11th 2010 by Routledge
8. Latin Verse Satire

   An Anthology and Reader

   Edited by Paul Allen Miller

   A wide variety of texts by the Latin satirists are presented here in a fully loaded resource to provide an innovative reading of satire's relation to Roman ideology. Brimming with notes, commentaries, essays and texts in translation, this book succeeds in its mission to help the student understand...

   Published August 8th 2005 by Routledge
9. The Roman Book of Gardening

   By John Henderson

   The first book to look at this particular subject, The Roman Book of Gardening brings together an extraordinarily varied selection of texts on Roman horticulture, celebrating herb and vegetable gardening in verse and prose spanning five centuries. In vivid new translations by John Henderson,...

   Published January 7th 2004 by Routledge
10. Who's Who in Classical Mythology

    3rd Edition

    By Michael Grant, John Hazel

    Who's Who in Classical Mythology is the most complete and detailed reference book of its kind. It offers scholarly, yet accessible accounts of those mythological tales surrounding such gods as Apollo, Zeus, Athena and Dionysus, and mortals such as Achilles, Odysseus, Jason, Aeneas, Romulus and...

    Published October 3rd 2001 by Routledge