Such classical Greek philosophers as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are fine, if lofty thinking is what you want. But philosophy means "love of wisdom," not "love of thinking." Where can you find philosophy that tells you not how to think well, but how to live well? Greek and Roman philosophers of the early imperial period devoted their lives not to metaphysics and epistemology but to the appreciation and practice of morality and virtue, values and character.
Bestselling author Turtledove turns his attention to an epic battle that pits three Roman legions against Teutonic barbarians in a thrilling novel of Ancient Rome. Publius Quinctilius Varus, a Roman politician, is summoned by the Emperor, Augustus Caesar. Given three legions and sent to the Roman frontier east of the Rhine, his mission is to subdue the barbarous German tribes where others have failed, and bring their land fully under Rome's control. Arminius, a prince of the Cherusci, is playing a deadly game.
The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel contains nineteen original essays by an international cast of experts in the field.
This book explores literary texts of the Roman empire to offer a depiction of actual events and the ways in which these texts were created, disseminated and read.
In this classic study of the Late Roman Empire, one of this century's most eminent ancient historians surveys social, economic, and administrative developments from the end of the Principate and the accession of Diocletian to the collapse of the empire in the West.
