num_pages: 224
description: In this informal history of Roman civilization, Edith Hamilton vividly depicts the Roman life and spirit as they are revealed in the greatest writers of the time. Among these literary guides are Cicero, who left an incomparable collection of letters; Catullus, the quintessential poet of love; Horace, the chronicler of a cruel and materialistic Rome; and the Romantics Virgil, Livy, and Seneca. The story concludes with the stark contrast between high-minded Stoicism and the collapse of values witnessed by Tacitus and Juvenal.
language: English
title: The Roman Way
titlecomplete: The Roman Way
genres: Classics, History, Classical Studies, Philosophy, Historical, Ancient History, Roman, Nonfiction, Mythology, Audiobook
ratings_count: 802
publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (NY)