THE ROMAN EXPERIENCE

This mint unmarked copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. Many books have been written about what the Romans did, their institutions and their conquests. This book is about how the Romans felt. The book ranges over both Republic and Empire, concentrating on the central period, the three centuries that separate Scipio Aemilanus and Marcus Aurelius; but it is no chronological survey of events. It is rather an analysis of Roman thought and attitude. The author dwells on people and themes he considers particularly illustrative of the Roman mind - Scipio Africanus, Cato, Cicero, Virgil, Augustus; the impact of Greece and the influence of rhetoric; moral behaviour and attitudes to women, slavery and religion. Behind this analysis is a wealth of information and ideas. Ref G4.…