"Until the fire set by Nero, Rome was not a beautiful city in the modern sense of the word. After it had been burned b…"

"Rome never had grandiose views such as Antioch and Alexandria, with their long, straight and wide streets, cut at rig…"

"However, despite all the defects of its streets and its position, Rome was a city that had no equal, and it produced …"

"The [at table] service at Augustus was very simple, three to six portals at most; among Tiberius, who wanted to lead …"

"An anecdote reported by Dio proves what treatments Domitian's guests were exposed to. One day he invited the most dis…"

"Partly under Tiberius and partly under his successors, Phaedrus of Pieria, a freedman, published five books of Aesopi…"

"Seneca is the most notable subject of this time. In the liveliness and agility of form he has no one similar to him, …"

"Among the various types of poetry, drama portrays most of the Roman popular character. Like all Italians, the Romans …"

"G. S. Teuffel, History of Roman literature, first translation from German by the abbot prof. Domenico Favaretti, vol.…"

"Even as a writer, Seneca is a faithful of his time, who valued splendor more than depth. He wrote in that way out of …"