Topical index highlights various topics and themes represente
Table of Contents
List of Figures ix
Preface x
Acknowledgments xiii
A Note on Translation xv
List of Abbreviations xvii
Maps xix
1 Letters and Letter-Writing in Ancient Rome 1
2 The Roman Republic (70 bce–27 bce) 21
1–49 Cicero 21
50 Catiline 61
51–53 Catullus 62
3 The Augustan Age (27 bce–14 ce) 66
54–58 Augustus 66
59–69 Horace 68
70–71 Propertius 79
72–83 Ovid 81
4 The Roman Empire (14 ce–third century ce) 96
84 Emperor Tiberius (14–37 ce) 96
85 Emperor Claudius (41–54 ce) 97
86–95 Seneca the Younger 99
96 Paul the Apostle 112
97 Jude 114
98–101 Martial 115
102–105 Statius 117
106–164 Pliny the Younger 122
165–166 John the Elder 154
167–194 Fronto 156
195–203 Letters from Vindolanda 169
204–214 Papyri 173
5 Epistolary Theorists 183
215 (Pseudo-)Demetrius 183
216 Pseudo-Libanius 184
General Index 187
Concordance of Texts 193
