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The Oxford Anthology of Roman Literature gathers together critical examples of Roman literature from the earliest poets and playwrights to the last writers of Roman antiquity. Vibrant, witty, and informative, this volume provides a welcome introduction to the literature of our ancient past. Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Maps -- THE ROMAN WORLD OF BOOKS -- I. THE EARLY REPUBLIC -- Plautus, The Brothers Menaechmus -- Polybius, The Histories -- II. THE LATE REPUBLIC -- Lucretius, On the Nature of the Universe -- Catullus, Poems -- Cicero, Against Catiline, In Defense of Caelius -- Julius Caesar, The Gallic War -- Sallust, The Conspiracy of Catiline -- III. THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS -- Virgil, Eclogues, Georgics, Aeneid -- Horace, Odes -- Propertius, Elegies -- Ovid, Amores, Metamorphoses -- Livy, From the Foundation of the City -- IV. THE EARLY EMPIRE -- Seneca, Medea -- Josephus, Jewish Antiquities -- Lucan, The Civil War -- Petronius, The Satyricon -- Pliny the Elder, Natural History -- Statius, Thebaid -- Quintilian, The Education of the Orator -- Martial, Epigrams -- V. THE HIGH EMPIRE -- Tacitus, Annals -- Pliny the Younger, Letters -- Suetonius, Life of Nero -- Plutarch, Life of Antony -- Juvenal, Satires -- Apuleius, The Metamorphoses -- Lucian, A True History -- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations -- Postscript -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chronological Table -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Z -- Art Credits -- Sources for Selections.
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