There is a small and generally concise volume entitled "Rome in the Augustan Age" by Henry Thompson Rowell. There are various mentionings of Virgil within.
David Emes The Public Land Consultancy wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M W Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:10 AM > Subject: Re: VIRGIL: Virgil & Roman history > > > There's a recent biography of Cicero by A.Everitt which seems to me both > > to provide important illustrations of the background to V, combined with a > > fair amount of general information about the Roman Republic, its history > > and life. This is a book which can, I think, claim both scholarly and > > popular credentials. However, AE calls C Rome's greatest politician, a > > title I think I would bestow on Augustus, for all that he had the blood of > > C and others (and that of the whole Republic, perhaps) on his hands. - > > Martin Hughes > > > > On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Patrick Roper wrote: > > > > > I want to read one or two up to date books on the general history of > Rome > > > that might help to illuminate my enjoyment of Virgil. > > > > > > I would be grateful to subscribers for any suggestions or > recommendations. > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > Patrick Roper > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > > > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message > > > "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You > > > can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message > > "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You > > can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message > "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You > can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
