Frank Frost Abbott

Revival

The Common People of Ancient Rome (1911): Studies of Roman Life and Literature

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book, like the volume on "Society and Politics in Ancient Rome," deals with the life of the common people, with their language and literature, their occupations and amusements, and with their social, political, and economic conditions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781138553958
• ISBN-10: 1138553956
• Artikelnr.: 50858695

Autorenporträt

Frank Frost Abbott (March 27, 1860 - July 23, 1924) was an American classical scholar. Born in Redding, Connecticut, he taught at the University of Chicago, then moved to Princeton University in 1907. He died in Montreux, Switzerland. In addition to various works on Roman history and government, several of which have been reprinted, he also translated Alberico Gentili's Hispanicae Advocationis Libri Dvo ("Two Books of Advocacy in the Service of Spain").

Inhaltsangabe

1.How Latin Became the Language of the World 2.The Latin of the Common
People 3.The Poetry of the Common People of Rome: I.Their Metrical Epitaphs
4.II.Their Dedicatory and Ephemeral Verses 5.The Origin of the Realistic
Romance Among the Romans 6.Diocletian's Edict and the High Cost of Living
7.Private Benefactions and Their Effect on the Municipal Life of the Romans
8.Some Reflections on Corporations and Trade-Guilds 9. A Roman Politician,
Gaius Scribonius Curio 10.Gaius Matius, a Friend of Cæsar 11.Index