Nomen Romanum
A Book of Augustan Latin

Originally published in 1930, this book contains the Latin text of extracts from Sallust, Julius Caesar, Livy, Ovid, and others.

J. G. Worth (Edited by)

9781107696044, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 December 2013

216 pages
19.8 x 12.9 x 1.1 cm, 0.22 kg

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, which were chosen 'for their intrinsic interest and value', as well as their status as exemplary pieces of Latin from this time. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Augustan Latin or the history of Classical education.

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.

Subject Areas: Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1]