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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Pliny's praise Pliny's praise Paul Roche "Pliny's Panegyricus (AD 100) survives as a unique example of senatorial rhetoric from the early Roman Empire. It offers an eyewitness account of the last years of Domitian's principate, the reign of… OL15920710W
-- Annales -- Annales P. Cornelius Tacitus Here is a lively new translation of Cornelius Tacitus' timeless history of three of Rome's most memorable emperors. Tacitus, who condemns the depravity of these rulers, which he saw as proof of the c… OL16200777W
Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXX Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXX H. C. Teitler,J. den Boeft,Daniël den Hengst,Jan Willem Drijvers The first part of Book 30 of Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae is devoted to the military and diplomatic struggle for Armenia between Valens, emperor of the East, and king Sapor II of Persia. The Roma… OL22318127W
The Imperial Cult in the Latin West The Imperial Cult in the Latin West Duncan Fishwick This work deals with the institution and evolution of imperial cult at the provincial level from the earliest foundations under Augustus down to the mid-third century A.D. On the basis of detailed ex… OL4961071W