Historia & arkeologi

The Codex of Justinian is, together with the Digest, the core of the great Byzantine compilation of Roman law called the Corpus Iuris Civilis. The Codex compiles legal proclamations issued by Roman emperors from the second to the sixth centuries C...

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Published in 1569, De arte gymnastica, was written by Geronimo Mercuriali (Hieronymus Mercurialis, 1530-1606). Several reissues were published including one in 1672 in Amsterdam by Frisuis with a title page made by artist Romeyn de Hooghe. Geronim...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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The Life of Augustus, which forms the second book in Suetonius' De Vita Caesarum, has long been a standard work of reference for those interested in the golden age of Rome. This volume offers an edition of the Latin text by Evelyn Shirley Shuckbur...

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best effor...

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best effor...

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revol...

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revol...

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revol...

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Sixteen Latin accounts, including two concerning litigation with the abbot and convent of St Mary's on the vexed issue of the many fishgarths which were obstructing river traffic on the Ouse. Detailed introduction and full list of the relevant May...

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Ovid's poetical career reached its climax in his masterpiece, the Metamorphoses. The work displays his mature genius and has become a standard treasure-house of mythology for all succeeding generations. This edition of the first four of the fiftee...

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This useful edition of Suetonius' Life of Augustus, one of twelve imperial biographies contained in that author's De vita Caesarum, was first published by Oxford University Press in 1927. It includes the Latin text, Chronology, detailed Notes on t...

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Bryn Mawr Commentaries provide clear, concise, accurate, and consistent support for students making the transition from introductory and intermediate texts to the direct experience of ancient Greek and Latin literature. They assume that the studen...

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best effor...

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First published in 1930, as the second edition of a 1913 original, this book presents an introduction to the core aspects of Latin pronunciation. Textual notes are incorporated throughout and a detailed bibliography is also included. This book wil...

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Originally published in 1888 as part of the Pitt Press Series, this book contains the Latin text of the 21st book of the monumental history of Rome by Titus Livius, which deals with the beginning of the Second Punic War and Hannibal's crossing of ...

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Originally published in 1912 as part of the Pitt Press Series, this book contains selections from Roman authors, mostly of the Augustan period, intended to help students with relatively little experience in Latin gain familiarity with some of 'the...

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Originally published as part of the Pitt Press Series in 1937, this book provides an overview of Lucretius' philosophical poem 'De rerum natura' intended to clarify the poem's overarching themes to a first-time reader. Sinker also gives a brief ru...

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Originally published as part of the Pitt Press Series in 1912, this book provides a detailed overview of and commentary on the circumstances surrounding the writing of Livy's monumental history of Rome and of the subject addressed in this first bo...

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Originally published in 1895, this book contains the Latin text of Edward Denny and Thomas Lacey's description of the hierarchy and rites of the Anglican Church. The essay was intended as an explanation of Anglican ritual for non-Anglican Christia...

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Originally published in 1935, this book contains the Latin text of the first book of Virgil's Aeneid, in which the Trojan refugees land at Carthage and seek the protection of Dido. Respected Classicist Conway provides a detailed commentary on the ...

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Originally published in 1895, this book contains the Latin text of the first book of Horace's famous Odes. Gow includes a biography of the poet and commentaries on each of the 38 poems in the book, including a brief synopsis of each ode, as well a...

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Originally published in 1927 as a guide for students, this book contains the syntactical rules for understanding the Latin used by the Fathers of the Western Church until 'the revival of learning'. Nunn also includes sample passages of Ecclesiasti...

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