Here, translated into modern English, are the works of literature, history, science, oratory, and philosophy that constitute the mainstream of Roman thought and continue to influence world civilizations. This volume includes:
. Complete translations of Plautus The Haunted House, Terence s Woman from Andros, Seneca s Medea, and the Deeds of the Deified Augustus.
. Selections from Vergil s Georgics and Aeneid, the poems of Catullus, Horace s Odes, Ovid s Metamorphoses and Fasti, the Satyricon of Petronius, and the Sixth Satire of Juvenal.
. Selections from Lucretius On the Nature of Things, Cicero s speeches and philosophical works, and Quintilian s The Training of the Orator.
. Selections from histories by Sallust, Livy s History of Rome, Tacitus Annals and Germania, and letters of Pliny the Younger.