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

"The ' took their name from Fescennio, a village located in the south of Etruria, but are generally typical of middle …"

"[...] also the orators Asinius Pollio and M. , who had survived the republic, one more than the other could be seen d…"

"As for Asinius Pollio, he gave himself the air of being superior, especially with his criticism; and his color of pol…"

"Domitius Afro of Nimes [...] held high offices under Tiberius and Caligula and Nero and had previously practiced in t…"

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

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

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

"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…"