Poetry and prose, from classical, and medieval authors of Latin literature. and information on classical literature.
An etext of
Latin Literature, by J. W. Mackail.
Books about Roman Satire, especially Roman verse satire written by Horace, Juvenal, Persius, but also including Menippean satire like the Satyricon, by Petronius.
A directory of genres and the major Greek and Roman writers.
A timeline showing the dates of the leading writers of the ancient language of the Romans.
Information on Maecenas, the Augustan patron of Vergil and Horace, among others.
The word "vulgar" comes from a Latin word for "the crowd / common people." Vulgar Latin was what the people spoke. It was different from the Classical Latin we know from literature, but provides a bridge from the literary language to the modern Romance languages. Find out how we know about the language the people spoke.
An annotated timeline of drama in ancient Rome.
A series of essays on such popular Roman authors as Apuleius, Julius Caesar, Catullus, Cicero, Horace, Ovid, Juvenal, Livy, Suetonius, Tacitus, Lucretius, and Petronius.
Comedy, Classical, Christian, Technical, Prose, Histories, Astrology, by William Harris.
