Book Review: The Life of Roman Republicanism
/A new book looks at the writings of Cicero, Sallust, and Horace to understand the mind of their times.
Read MoreA new book looks at the writings of Cicero, Sallust, and Horace to understand the mind of their times.
Read MoreThe signature work by one of the prickly fathers of the Italian Renaissance humanism gets its inaugural print edition in the latest offering from Harvard's magnificent I Tatti Renaissance Library
Read MoreMarsilio Ficino's enormous commentary on the Parmenides of Plato receives a fantastic scholarly edition from - who else? - Harvard's I Tatti Renaissance Library
Read MoreHomer's Iliad gets a new and unconventional translation into sometimes very familiar language
Read MoreWhen Alexander the Great died at age 32, his huge empire was split apart by his warring successors. James Romm's new book on the subject captures all the brutal drama.
Read MoreA new translation raises old questions about the greatest epic of them all.
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