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"Julia Augusti" studies the life of Augustus' only child, Julia, in a time of radical social, political and dynastic change which brought her from successful marriage and motherhood to disgrace and exile. This scholarly biography details the life of an extraordinary woman in an extraordinary society... More

"This is a book that needed to be written in answer to a deep gap in our resources on Latin literature... we owe Fantham much gratitude for having the energy and wisdom to undertake this demanding and original project. Every Latinist should study her book." -- William S. Anderson, "American Journal ... More

The Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore aims to provide an accessible study of Cicero's first and fullest dialogue, on the ideal orator-statesman. It illustrates the dialogue's achievement as a reflection of a civilized way of life and a brilliantly constructed literary unity, and considers the contr... More

This book is an accessible, original and thought-provoking examination of contemporary French politics. The author clearly explains the most important party political, ideological and electoral developments since the Second World War, focusing on the 1980s and 1990s in particular. He takes care to e... More

Virgil's affectionate poem of the land brings us the disappointments as well as the rewards of the countryman's year-round devotion to his crops, his vines and olives, livestock great and small, and the complex society of his bees. Part agricultural manual, part political poem and allegory, The Geor... More

Extract One: Book 5, from line 362 (MP3 format, 8: 17, 15 MB) Extract Two: Book 6, from line 268 (MP3 format, 4: 41, 8.5 MB) "Arms and the man I sing." So begins one of the greatest works of literature in any language. Written more than two thousand years ago, The Aeneid tells the story of Aeneas' ... More

Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature (Series Editors: Kathleen Coleman and Richard Rutherford) introduces individual works of Greek and Latin literature to readers who are approaching them for the first time. Each volume sets the work in its literary and historical context, and aims to offer a ... More

In this edition Professor Fantham offers the first full-scale commentary on the neglected second book of Lucan's epic poem on the war between Caesar and Pompey: De bello civili. Book II presents all three leading figures--Cato, Caesar and Pompey--in speech and action.This edition offers the first fu... More

Book IV of Ovid's celebration of the calendar and the associated legends of the Roman year treats the month of April, a particularly happy phase of the Augustan ceremonial year. Around the festival of Venus and the anniversary of the foundation of Rome, Ovid retells the legends of Rome's royal found... More

CONTENTS: - Caesar against Liberty? An Introduction- Caesar and Gaul: Some Perspectives on the Bellum Gallicum- Caesar the Liberator? Factional politics, civil war, and ideology- Tactics in Caesar's Correspondence with Cicero- Three Wise Men and the End of the Roman Republic- In Caesar's Wake: The I... More