Ancient Rome

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Latin was the official language of the Roman Empire. It was spoken in all parts of the empire and formed a common bond among the different peoples.

Latin Literature
Early Roman Literature
Private Libraries in Ancient Rome
Roman Comedy
Caius Suetonius - A Roman Biographer
Cicero - Cicero is remembered in modern times as the greatest Roman orator and innovator of what became known as Ciceronian rhetoric. His writings include books of rhetoric, orations, philosophical and political treatises, and letters.
Horace - Horace was a lyric poet, satirist and literary critic. He is generally considered one of the greatest poets of the world.
- Odes - English and Latin version
Livy - Titus Livius (also known as Livy) wrote a history of Rome (142 Books) from the foundation of Rome until 9 BC. Livius treated history from a moral standpoint, reshaping events into episodes to reveal the characters of leading figures.
- Livy's History of Rome
Lucan
- Pharsalia (The Civil War)
Ovid
- Metamorphoses
Tacitus - Tacitus, an important Roman historian, wrote the most detailed early description of the Germans at the end of the first century CE.
Virgil