A Literary History of Rome in the Silver Age

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Author

Duff, J. Wight (John Wight), 1866-1944

Title

A literary history of Rome in the Silver Age : From Tiberius to Hadrian

Original Publication

United Kingdom: T. Fisher Unwin Limited, 1927.

Credits

The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature

Subject

Rome -- In literature

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79117

Release Date

July 17, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Library of Literary History — A Literary History of Rome in the Silver Age
2. 2.By the same Author
3. 3.Preface
4. 4.Table of Contents
5. 5.INTRODUCTION — CHAPTER I PROLOGUE
6. 6.CHAPTER II ROMAN EDUCATION UNDER THE EMPIRE
7. 7.LITERATURE UNDER TIBERIUS, CALIGULA AND CLAUDIUS A.D. 14–A.D. 54 — CHAPTER I THE ELDER SENECA: ORATORS AND RHETORICIANS
8. 8.CHAPTER II VALERIUS MAXIMUS—A REPERTORY FOR SPEAKERS
9. 9.CHAPTER III VELLEIUS, CURTIUS AND HISTORY — MINOR HISTORIANS — VELLEIUS PATERCULUS — Q. CURTIUS
10. 10.CHAPTER IV CELSUS: MELA: MISCELLANEOUS LEARNING — CELSUS — POMPONIUS MELA — MISCELLANEOUS LEARNING
11. 11.CHAPTER V PHAEDRUS AND FABLE: POETRY OF THE TIME — PHAEDRUS: THE FABULIST OF ROME — POETRY OF THE TIME
12. 12.LITERATURE OF THE NERONIAN PERIOD A.D. 54–A.D. 68 — CHAPTER I COLUMELLA AND AGRICULTURE
13. 13.CHAPTER II PETRONIUS: NOVELIST AND POET
14. 14.CHAPTER III SENECA THE PHILOSOPHER: MISCELLANEOUS LEARNING — SENECA THE PHILOSOPHER — MISCELLANEOUS LEARNING
15. 15.CHAPTER IV SENECAN SATIRE AND POETRY: DRAMA OF THE AGE — SENECAN SATIRE, POETRY AND DRAMA — DRAMA OF THE AGE
16. 16.CHAPTER V PERSIUS: STOIC SATIRE — PERSIUS
17. 17.CHAPTER VI LUCAN: HISTORICAL EPIC — LUCAN
18. 18.CHAPTER VII CALPURNIUS SICULUS AND MINOR POETRY OF THE NERONIAN AGE — CALPURNIUS SICULUS — MINOR NERONIAN POETRY
19. 19.LITERATURE OF THE FLAVIAN PERIOD A.D. 69–A.D. 96 — CHAPTER I THE ELDER PLINY: FLAVIAN SCIENCE AND HISTORY — THE ELDER PLINY — FLAVIAN HISTORY
20. 20.CHAPTER II QUINTILIAN: DECLAMATIONS AND ORATORS — QUINTILIAN — DECLAMATIONS AND ORATORS
21. 21.CHAPTER III FRONTINUS AND TECHNICAL WRITERS — FRONTINUS — TECHNICAL WRITERS
22. 22.CHAPTER IV VALERIUS FLACCUS
23. 23.CHAPTER V SILIUS ITALICUS
24. 24.CHAPTER VI STATIUS
25. 25.CHAPTER VII MARTIAL AND MINOR FLAVIAN POETRY — MARTIAL — MINOR FLAVIAN POETS
26. 26.LITERATURE UNDER NERVA AND TRAJAN A.D. 96–A.D. 117 — CHAPTER I PLINY THE YOUNGER AND MINOR CONTEMPORARIES — PLINY THE YOUNGER — MINOR CONTEMPORARIES
27. 27.CHAPTER II TACITUS
28. 28.CHAPTER III JUVENAL
29. 29.LITERATURE IN THE REIGN OF HADRIAN A.D. 117–A.D. 138 — SUETONIUS AND FLORUS — THE REIGN OF HADRIAN — SUETONIUS — FLORUS
30. 30.CONCLUSION AN EPILOGUE—THE SECOND CENTURY AND AFTER
31. 31.FOOTNOTES
32. 32.INDEX

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