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De Roma

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Bibliography Wilson, Mark. 2013. De Roma: Excerpts from Ancient Writers About Rome, 2d Edition. CreateSpace.
Footnote 
ReadingFootnote
On the Subject of Roman HistoryDion. Hal. RA 1.1–8.
Early Rules for Clients and PatronsDion. Hal. RA 2.10-11
Numa’s Religious SettlementLivy 1.20–21
The Capture of the Sabine WomenLivy 1.9–1.33
Servius Tullius’s ReformDion. Hal. RA 4.20-21
The Rape of LucretiaLivy 1.57–59
Coriolanus Opposes the PlebsDion. Hal. RA 7.20–25
The Tribunes and their ManipulationDion. Hal. RA 8.87, 9.1
The Twelve TablesWilson, 11-12
The Roman Way of Declaring WarLivy 1.32; Dion. Hal. RA 6.95, 9.59
The Mythology of the Farmer-GeneralCicero, de sen 16; Dion. Hal. RA 10.17
The Defeat of the LatinsLivy 8.6.15, 8.11, 8.14
The Constitution of the Roman RepublicPolybius 6.11.11-6.18.3
The Roman Maniple vs. the PhalanxPolybius 18.28–32
The Samnites’ Linen LegionLivy 10.38
HannibalCornelius Nepos, “Hannibal,” De Viribus Illustris
The Battle of CannæPolybius, 3.107–118
The Magna MaterLivy, 29.10, 14; Prudentius, Peristephanon
The Siege of SyracusePolybius 8.3-7
The Destruction of CorinthPolybius 38.1, 39.7-17
Cato Opposes ExtravaganceLivy 34.1-3
From The MenaechmiPlautus, The Menaechmi
On Tiberius GracchusAppian, Civil Wars 1.1-3
On Tiberius GracchusPlutarch, Ti. Gracchus
On Gaius GracchusAppian, Civil Wars 1.1-3
Speech of Marius Against the NobilitySallust, Jugurthine War 63-65
Mithridates Against RomeAppian, Mithridatic Wars 118-119; Plutarch, Life of Lucullus, 37
Drusus and his EnemiesAppian, Civil Wars 1.34-35
Accounts of the Roman State ReligionCato, On Agriculture 132; Cato, On Agriculture 134; Aul. Gel., NA 10.15; Livy 7.3; Plutarch, Numa
Slavery in the Roman RepublicPlautus, Pseudolus 1.2; Cato, On Agriculture 56-59; Plautus, Menaechmi 5.4; Plutarch, Crassus 8–11
Sulla’s BrutalityLivy, Periochae 88-89; Appian, Civil Wars 1.95-96, 98-99
The Roman CandidateWilson, 57-58
Life in Rome in the Late RepublicSallust, Conspiracy of Catiline 11–16
Pompey’s Letter to the SenateSallust, Histories 2.82 [2.98M]
Against CatilineCicero, Cat. 1
Pompey’s Conquest of the EastAppian, Mithridatic Wars, 114-119
The Murder of ClodiusAsconius, Commentary on Pro Milone 30C-36C
Scipio’s DreamCicero, Rep. 6
On Julius CaesarSuetonius, Div. Jul. 1, 2, 10, 14, 20, 25, 31–36
The Assassination of Julius CaesarPlutarch Brutus 12, 14, 16-18
On the Rise of AugustusCicero, Letters 816 (Fam. 10.28); 819 (Brut. 2.5); 841 (Brut. 1.3.1-3); 909 (Brut. 1.15)
Selections from CatullusWilson, 79-80
The Secular HymnHorace, The Secular Hymn
The Battle of Teutoburg ForestVelleius Paterculus 2.117-120
Acts of the Divine AugustusAugustus, Res Gestae
The Death of Augustus Tacitus, Annals 1.1-44
A Speech on Incorporating the GaulsWilson, 90; Tacitus, Annals 11
The Pumpkiniļ¬cation of ClaudiusSeneca: Divi Claudii Apocolocyntosis
The Principle of AdoptionTacitus, Histories 1.15-16
The Legions Proclaim Vespasian EmperorTacitus, Histories 2.49-51
The Roman Army in the First CenturyJosephus, The Jewish War 3.5-6
Law Concerning the Power of VespasianLex De Imperio Vespasiani: ILS 244
The Grandeur of RomePliny, Natural History 3.5.66-67, 36.34.101-110, 36.24.121-123
Panegyric Addressed to the Emperor TrajanPliny, Panegyric 65–80
The Correspondence of a GovernorPliny, Letters 10.25 ff
Egypt under the Roman EmpireStrabo, Geography, 17.1.52-53, 2.4-5; 18.1.12-13
How Domitian Attempted to Amuse Suetonius, Domitian 4
Roman Educational PracticesHorace, Satires 1.6.11.70-90; Pliny, Letters 4.13; Martial, Epigrams 10.62
On the Virtue of Antoninus PiusM. Aurelius, Meditations I.16
The Reign of Marcus AureliusEutropius 8.12-14
How Didius Julianus Bought the EmpireHerodian, 2.6ff
The Lives of Soldiers and SailorsValerius Maximus, 7.6.1; Livy 42.34; Wilson 112-113
Imperial Weakness Invites BarbarianZosimus 1.1.11–17
The Persecution under DeciusEusebius Eccl. Hist. 6.39–41
Aurelian’s Conquest of PalmyraVopiscus, Aurelian
Efforts to Stabilize the EconomyWilson, 119-120
The Conversion of ConstantineEusebius, Constantine
The Edict of MilanLactantius, De Mort. Pers., ch. 48
Constantine Founds ConstantinopleSozomen, Ecclesiastical History 2.3
Letter to ArsaciusWilson, 123-124
The Luxury of the Rich in RomeAmmianus Marcellinus, History 14.16
Alaric’s Sack of Rome, 410 CEProcopius, History of the Wars 3.2.7-39
The Greatness of Rome in the Days of RuinWilson, 127
The Battle of ChalônsJordanes, The History and Deeds of the Goths