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Oxford, U.K.: Basil Blackwell Ltd., 1969. Classic scarce text covers the period from 1300 to 1527, when the sack of Rome by the troops of Charles V brought the Italian Renaissance to an end. Includes sections on the topography and the destruction of Ancient Rome; the discovery of the Greek world during the Quattrocentro; the antiquities of Italy; the rise… Read more about this item

Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 1954. Comprehensive classic text presents a detailed study by Dr.Hunt of all of Cicero's series of main philosophic works from the "Academica" to the "De Officiis", and argues that, contrary to the commonly accepted view, there is "an orderly sequence in the series and a sustained argument". Topics include: the Academica; the De Finibus; the… Read more about this item

London, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1961. Classic scarce scholarly text is the first full-length book in English on Sallust, a well known Roman historian and politician, for more than one hundred years. Dr. Earl examines "The Prologues" and similar generalizing passages, and shows that Sallust's chief concern was with a certain concept of "virtus". He considers the development of the… Read more about this item

U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1961. Classic scarce text, vol. two, contains the letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero written to Pomponius Atticum between 68-43 B.C. Cicero, leader in the last half of the Roman Republic, was generally considered the greatest Latin prose stylist, and noted for his speeches against Cataline. Text is entirely in Latin and includes annotations and critical commentary… Read more about this item

London, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1972. Classic scholarly text contains a collection of the surviving attested fragments of Posidonius, the leading stoic philosopher of his time in the first half of the first century, B.C. This exhaustive work was begun by Prof. Edelstein, a preeminant authority on Posidonius, and subsequently completed and edited after his death by Ian Kidd. There… Read more about this item

Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1952. Rare classic scholarly text is a monumental work undertaken by the highly acclaimed Greek-Latin scholar-author, Ben Perry, consuming more than fifteen years of research and special studies such as the scarce ancient manuscripts of Rinuccio Aretino, "Vita of Aesop". The "Vita of Aesop", the legendary slave born around 620 B.C., is preserved in… Read more about this item

London, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1977. Classic highly acclaimed scholarly work presents the second major part of Cicero's correspondence- his letters to his friends. Unlike the Atticus volumes, this edition no translation, which allows the complete letters and commentary to be contained in only two volumes. Includes a reassessment of the manuscript tradition in the introduction, followed by a completely… Read more about this item

New York: American Museum of Natural History/W.W. Norton Co., 1987. Book discusses the landmarks of the 3000-year history of Carthage, with particular emphasis on the Berbers, the Punic people (Phoenicians), and the Romans. Includes topics covering Tunisian assessment of their ancient land; and a catalogue of objects proper, prepared by leading Tunisian experts, along with American Art historians. 238 pgs.… Read more about this item