Readership: Anyone interested in the classical world; students of ancient history, literature, and philosophy
Edited by John Boardman, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Jasper Griffin, Professor of Classical Literature, Dyson Fellow in Greek Culture, Jowett Fellow, Jowett Lecturer and Tutor in Classics, and Oswyn Murray, MacGregor Fellow, Jowett Fellow, Jowett Lecturer, Tutor in Ancient History, Balliol College, Oxford
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List of Colour Plates List of Maps Acknowledgements Jasper Griffin: Introduction 1: Michael Crawford: Early Rome and Italy 2: Elizabeth Rawson: The Expansion of Rome 3: P. G. McC. Brown: The First Roman Literature 4: Miriam Griffin: Cicero and Rome 5: Robin Nisbet: The Poets of the Late Republic 6: David Stockton: The Founding of the Empire 7: Nicholas Purcell: The Arts of Governmnent 8: R. O. A. M. Lyne: Augustan Poetry and Society 9: Jasper Griffin: Virgil 10: Andrew Lintott: Roman Historians 11: Donald Russell: The Arts of Prose: The Early Empire 12: Richard Jenkyns: Silver Latin Poetry and the Latin Novel 13: Anthony Meredith: Later Philosophy 14: Roger Ling: The Arts of Living 15: John Matthews: Roman Life and Society 16: R. J. A. Wilson: Roman Art and Architecture Henry Chadwick: Envoi: On Taking Leave of Antiquity Table of Events Descriptive List of Illustrations
