A History of Roman Literature
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A History of Roman Literature is a book by Harold North Fowler. The preface says the book is intended primarily for use as a text-book in schools and colleges. The preface says its writer has given more dates and more details about the lives of authors than are in themselves important, because dates are convenient aids to memory.
The preface adds that extracts from Latin authors are given, with few exceptions, in English translation. The text says Ennius was the first great epic poet at Rome, and that after him epic poetry was neglected until it was taken up again a hundred years later. The text says Livy’s work was even in his lifetime regarded as the most perfect example of historical writing. A list with dates names Cornelius Nepos and Titus Lucretius Carus, among others.
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- Author
- Harold North Fowler
- Pages
- 195
- Language
- English
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- Ancient History
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