Roman Texts in Translation

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Cicero

Livy

Pliny

Two Letters    Pliny the Younger was governor of Pontus/Bithynia from 111-113 AD. We have a whole set of exchanges of his letters with the emperor Trajan on a variety of administrative political matters. These two letters are the most famous, in which P. encounters Christianity for the first time.

Marcus Aurelius 121-180

Meditations

Meditations 4literature.net  The Meditations at University of Virginia

Augustine 354–430

City of God 4literature.net Confessions 4literature.net

Short Selections mix of Greek and Roman Women Xenophon: On Men and Women Aristotle: On a Good Wife Spartan Women Artemisia at Salamis Six Poems by Sulpicia Religion Greek Religion and More on Greek Religion The State Religion of Rome Nero, the Great Fire, and Christians Religious Tolerance and Intolerance at Rome Roman Perceptions of Christians Proving Loyalty The Bureaucracy of Persecution The Conversion of Constantine Edicts of Toleration Government and Sovereignty Aristotle on Democracy Ostracism Pericles' Funeral Oration The Old Oligarch The Melian Dialog Roman Way of Declaring War Law of the Twelve Tables Running for Office in Rome Correspondence between Pliny and Trajan Codex Theodosianus Slavery Greek Slavery Slavery in the Roman Republic Army Polybius compares Roman army with the Macedonian Josephus on the Roman Army A Roman Triumph