Decimus Laberius

Decimus Laberius
Author: Costas Panayotakis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 543
Release: 2010-02-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139485458

This is a newly revised, critical text of the fragments attributed to the Roman knight and mimographer Decimus Laberius, a witty and crudely satirical contemporary of Cicero and Caesar. Laberius is perhaps the most celebrated comic playwright of the late Republic, and the fragments of plays attributed to him comprise the overwhelming majority of the extant evidence for what we conventionally call 'the literary Roman mime'. The volume also includes a survey of the characteristics and development of the Roman mime, both as a literary genre and as a type of popular theatrical entertainment, as well as a re-evaluation of the place of Laberius' work within its historical and literary context. This is the first English translation of all the fragments, and the first detailed English commentary on them from a linguistic, metrical, and (wherever possible) theatrical perspective.

The Triumph of Caesar

The Triumph of Caesar
Author: Steven Saylor
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2008-05-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312359836

The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Roma" returns with the latest installment in his critically acclaimed series.

Roman Theater and Society

Roman Theater and Society
Author: William J. Slater
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780472107216

A thought-provoking and timeless volume, presenting Roman theater as the voice of the common citizen

The Observer

The Observer
Author: R. Cumberland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1823
Genre: Conduct of life
ISBN:

The Observer

The Observer
Author: Richard Cumberland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1786
Genre: Conduct of life
ISBN: