Fronto and Antonine Rome /
This is a study of a man who was the presiding genius of Latin letters in the second century, the leading orator and lawyer of his day, a prominent senator and consul, the close friend of four emperors and the teacher of two, including the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius. It is a history that te...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2013]
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Edición: | Reprint 2013 |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTENTS
- Note on Texts and Translations
- INTRODUCTION
- I AFRICA
- II ITALY
- III LITERARY SOCIETY AT ROME
- IV THE MAN OF LETTERS
- V THE LAWYER
- VI THE SENATOR
- VII THE FRIEND OF CAESAR
- VIII THE TEACHER OF EMPERORS
- APPENDIX A. The Dates of the Letters
- APPENDIX B. The Date of Fronto's Birth
- APPENDIX C. The Date of Fronto's Death
- Notes
- Index of Passages Discussed
- General Index