The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars
Subtitle: Grammarians And Rhetoricians
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781419170447
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; History: World; History; History - General History; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome
First sentence: I. The science of grammar [842] was in ancient times far from being in vogue at Rome; indeed, it was of little use in a rude state of society, when the people were engaged in constant wars, and had not much time to bestow on the cultivation of the liberal arts [843].