The Roman way to Western civilization.

Hamilton, Edith, 1867-1963.,

The Roman way to Western civilization. [print] - [New York] New American Library, (c)1957. - 159 pages ; 19 cm.

"A Mentor book."

Includes bibliographical references.

Comedy's mirror.--Ancient Rome reflected in Plautus and Terence.--The comic spirit in Plautus and Terence.--Cicero's Rome: the republic.--Cicero himself.--Caesar and Cicero.--Catullus.--Horace.--The Rome of Augustus as Horace saw it.--The Roman way.--Enter the romantic Roman; Virgil, Livy, Seneca.--Juvenal's Rome and the Stoies.--The end of antiquity.--Chronology.




Latin literature--History and criticism.
Latin literature--History and criticism.

PA6019.H217.R663 1957