Nomen Romanum - A Book of Augustan Latin

Klappentext Originally published in 1930, this book contains the Latin text of extracts from Sallust, Julius Caesar, Livy, Ovid, and others. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1930, this book contains the Latin text of extracts from Sallust, Julius Caesar, Livy, Ovid, and other Latin prose and verse authors of the late Imperatorial and early Augustan period. J. G. Worth provides a large vocabulary at the end of the text, as well as a précis of each of the passages. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Livy: The three brothers; Horatius keeps the bridge; Mucius the left-handed; Disaster at the Caudine forks; Hannibal crosses the Alps; Battle at Lake Trasimere; Ovid: Phaethon drives the chariot of the sun; Daedalus invents wings; Ceres and Prosperine; Cacus and Hercules; Arion and the dolphin; Tarquinus superbus; Caesar: The invasion of Britain; The battle of Pharsalus; Sallust: Jugurtha; Vergil: 'A child is born'; Orpheus and Eurydice; The fall of Troy; Nisus and Euryalus; Cicero: Catiline; Verres; Letters; Horace: 'What slender youth?'; Winter's wisdom; The armour of purity; The fleeting years; Sturdy youth; Regulus; Bandusia; An invitation to Maecenas; The return of spring; A journey to Brundisium; An encounter with a bore; Vocabulary.

Product details

• Authors: J. G. Worth
• Assisted by: J. G. Worth (Editor), Worth J. G. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107696044
• ISBN: 978-1-107-69604-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Latin, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient, classical and medieval texts