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Book Synopsis
These essays explain how satire can, and cannot, be used as a source for Roman social history: the possibilities and the limitations.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction - SUSAN H. BRAUND
  • Friendship in the Satirists - ROLAND MAYER
  • City and Country in Roman Satire - SUSAN H. BRAUND
  • Satirists and the Law - J. DUNCAN CLOUD
  • Food in Roman Satire - NICOLA A. HUDSON
  • ... when Satire writes 'Woman' - JOHN G. W. HENDERSON
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Notes on Contributors

Satire and Society in Ancient Rome

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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: 1/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780859893312, 978-0859893312
      ISBN10: 0859893316

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      These essays explain how satire can, and cannot, be used as a source for Roman social history: the possibilities and the limitations.

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction - SUSAN H. BRAUND
      • Friendship in the Satirists - ROLAND MAYER
      • City and Country in Roman Satire - SUSAN H. BRAUND
      • Satirists and the Law - J. DUNCAN CLOUD
      • Food in Roman Satire - NICOLA A. HUDSON
      • ... when Satire writes 'Woman' - JOHN G. W. HENDERSON
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Notes on Contributors

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