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This anthology fills a gap which has been widely felt. It gives students - at sixth-form, undergraduate or junior graduate level - the opportunity of sampling a very wide variety of Latin prose texts, chosen to illustrate both development and generic differences. Each of the 96 passages is accompanied by a short introduction, and there are brief notes explaining difficult words and drawing attention to linguistic and stylistic points occurring in the extracts. The extracts range from the second century BC to the fifth century AD: Cato the Censor, C. Gracchus, and the annalists; Cicero (oratory, letters, philosophical treatises); the historians (Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus); non-historical prose (Seneca, Vitruvius, Pliny, Apuleius, Tertullian); and finally some early Patristic texts and extracts from the Vulgate.

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A very useful and informative anthology....Graduate students could be left to their own devices with the collection, and the anthology might serve as an excellent introductory survey. --New England Classical Newsletter<br> First-rate useful introduction to Latin prose in a variety of styles. Also makes an excellent second-year reader. --Dirk Obbink, Barnard College<br> An excellent collection of texts, sensibly presented, which provides a sound introduction to the range of styles found in Latin prose. The selections are not only important to the understanding of Roman history and culture, but intrinsically interesting. --Christina H. Roseman, Seattle Pacific University<br> Well chosen and interesting texts. Excellent background notes to introduce each Latin excerpt. Ideal for our purposes. --Robert Lager, University of Southern Alabama<br> A good all-purpose anthology for intermediate level Latin courses. Makes for a convenient survey of important authors. --Daniel Nodes, Conception Seminary College<br>

<br> A very useful and informative anthology....Graduate students could be left to their own devices with the collection, and the anthology might serve as an excellent introductory survey. --New England Classical Newsletter<br> First-rate useful introduction to Latin prose in a variety of styles. Also makes an excellent second-year reader. --Dirk Obbink, Barnard College<br> An excellent collection of texts, sensibly presented, which provides a sound introduction to the range of styles found in Latin prose. The selections are not only important to the understanding of Roman history and culture, but intrinsically interesting. --Christina H. Roseman, Seattle Pacific University<br> Well chosen and interesting texts. Excellent background notes to introduce each Latin excerpt. Ideal for our purposes. --Robert Lager, University of Southern Alabama<br> A good all-purpose anthology for intermediate level Latin courses. Makes for a convenient survey of important authors. --Daniel Nodes, Concepti

<br> A very useful and informative anthology....Graduate students could be left to their own devices with the collection, and the anthology might serve as an excellent introductory survey. --New England Classical Newsletter<p><br> First-rate useful introduction to Latin prose in a variety of styles. Also makes an excellent second-year reader. --Dirk Obbink, Barnard College<p><br> An excellent collection of texts, sensibly presented, which provides a sound introduction to the range of styles found in Latin prose. The selections are not only important to the understanding of Roman history and culture, but intrinsically interesting. --Christina H. Roseman, Seattle PacificUniversity<p><br> Well chosen and interesting texts. Excellent background notes to introduce each Latin excerpt. Ideal for our purposes. --Robert Lager, University of Southern Alabama<p><br> A good all-purpose anthology for intermediate level Latin courses. Makes for a convenient survey of important authors. --Daniel Nodes, Conception Seminary College<p><br>

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