The Roman World A Sourcebook [Paperback]

The 57 documents in this sourcebook introduce readers to many of the major topics of Roman history, from the period of the Twelve Tables (c.451 BC) to the later Roman empire. Each of the selections has been chosen for its historical significance and intrinsic interest, and is introduced and annotated by the editor.List of Illustrations.

Preface and Acknowledgments.

Part I: The Social Order:.

1. The Twelve Tables.

2. Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder (selections).

3. Juvenal, Satires 3.

4. Horace, Satires 2.8.

5. Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library 34.2.

6. L'AnnÚe +pigraphique 1971, 88.

7. Petronius, Satyricon (selections).

8. Theodosian Code (selections).

Part II: Women, Marriage, and Family:.

9. Livy, History of Rome 34.2-4.

10. Juvenal, Satires 6 (selections).

11. Oxyryhnchus Papyrus 744.

12. Berliner Griechische Urkunden 1052.

13. Plutarch, Precepts of Marriage (selections).

14. Laudatio Turiae (Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae 8393).

15. Pliny, Letters 4.19.

16. Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 13.1983.

17. Valerius Maximus, Memorable Deeds and Sayings 6.3.9-12.

Part III: Economy:.

18. Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder 21.

19. Cicero, Ol4