A companion to Latin studies
By: ed. by John Edwin Sandys ...
Edition: 3d ed.
Publisher: University press
Published: 1929
Place of publication: Cambridge, [Eng.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 891
Subjects: Latin philology.; Art -- Italy -- Rome.; Latin literature -- History and criticism.; Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.; Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"First edition 1910...third edition 1921, reprinted 1925...1929."
Table of contents: title: Geography and ethnology of Italy: Geography of Italy, by Sir J. Sandys; Ethnology of Italy, by Sir W. Ridgeway; Topography of Rome, by T. Ashby.; title: Fauna and flora: Fauna, by O. Keller; Flora, by Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer.; title: History: Chronology, by J. S. Reid.; title: Religion and mythology, by W. W. Fowler.; title: Private antiquities: Birth marriage and death, The position of women, Dress, Daily life, Agriculture, House and furniture, by F. H. Marshall; Education, by W. Murison; Books and writing, by M. R. James.; title: Public antiquities: The Roman Constitution, Law, by J. S. Reid; Finance, by G. H. Stevenson; Population, Orders of society, Slaves, by F. H. Marshall; The Roman municipal system, Colonies, The Roman provincial system, Alphabetic list of provinces, by B. W. Henderson; Industry and commerce, Roads and travel, by R. C. Bosanquet; Roman measures and weights, Roman money, by Sir W. Ridgeway.; title: The Roman army, by E. H. Alton; The Roman navy, by W. W. Tarn; Roman public games, The Roman theater, by J. H. Gray.; title: Art: Architecture, by C. Gutch; Sculpture, by A. J. B. Wace; Terracottas, by A. S. Smith; Engraved gems,by W. Ridgeway; Painting and mosaic, by R. F. Earp.; title: Literature: Poetry to the end of the Augustan age, by A. W. Verral; Post-Augustan poetry, by W. C. Summers; Prose from Cato to Cassiodorus, by Sir J. Sandys; Roman philosophy, by R. D. Hicks; Natural history and science, Medicine, by J. F. Payne.; title: Epigraphy, palaeography, textual criticism: Epigraphy, by Sir J. Sandys; Palaeography, by Sir E. M. Thompson; Textual criticism, by J. P. Postgate.; title: Language, metre, history of scholarship: The languages of Italy, by P. Giles; Metre, by A. W. Verral; History of Latin scholarship, by Sir J. Sandys.; title: Index of persons, deities and races.; title: Index of places, rivers and mountains.; title: Index of scholars and modern writers.; title: Index of Latin words and phrases.