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Cambridge Pre-U Latin (9788)
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The textbooks listed below have not been through the Cambridge quality assurance process but have
been found suitable for use with various parts of the syllabus by teachers.
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International Examinations is not responsible for the accuracy or content of information contained in these
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Latin Literature
This highly accessible, user-friendly work provides a fresh and illuminating
introduction to the most important aspects of Latin prose and poetry.
Braund, S
Routledge
9780415195188
2001
www.routledge.com/
www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415195188/
Latin Literature: A History
This authoritative history of Latin literature offers a comprehensive survey of
the thousand-year period from the origins of Latin as a written language to the
early Middle Ages.
Conte, G B
John Hopkins University Press
9780801862533
1999
www.press.jhu.edu/
https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/content/latin-literature
Classical Literature: An Introduction
It provides a series of essays on all the major authors of Greek and Latin
literature, as well as on a number of writers less often read.
Croally, N and Hyde, R
Routledge
9780415468138
2011
www.routledge.com/
Writing Rome
This book aims to chart selected aspects of Rome’s resonance in literature
and the literary resonance of Rome.
Edwards, C
Cambridge University Press
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9780521559522
1996
www.cambridge.org/
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Roman Literary Culture
It examines the changing social and historical content of literary production in
ancient Rome and its empire.
Fantham, E
John Hopkins University Press
9781421408361
2013
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https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/content/roman-literary-culture
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Literature and Religion at Rome
Feeney argues that Roman literature was not irrelevant in the creation of the
Roman religious system, but an important element of the dynamic religious
culture, with its own status as another form of religious knowledge.
Feeney, D
Cambridge University Press
9780521559218
1998
www.cambridge.org/
www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/classical-studies/classicalliterature/literature-and-religion-rome-cultures-contexts-and-beliefs
Allusion and Intertext
It represents an attempt to find (or recover) some space for the study of
allusion – as a project of continuing vitality – within an exciting enlarged
universe of intertexts.
Hinds, S
Cambridge University Press
9780521576772
1998
www.cambridge.org/
www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/classical-studies/classicalliterature/allusion-and-intertext-dynamics-appropriation-romanpoetry?format=PB
Engendering Rome
It represents an attempt to restore female characters to visibility in Roman
epic and to examine the discursive operations that effect their marginalization
within both the genre and the critical tradition it has given rise to.
Keith, A M
Cambridge University Press
9780521556217
2000
www.cambridge.org/
www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/classical-studies/classicalliterature/engendering-rome-women-latin-epic?format=PB
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Redeeming the Text
It applies some of the procedures of modern critical theory (in particular
reception-theory, deconstruction, theories of dialogue and the hermeneutics
associated with the German philosopher Gadamer) to the interpretation of
Latin poetry.
Martindale, C
Cambridge University Press
9780521427197
1992
www.cambridge.org/
www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/classical-studies/classicalliterature/redeeming-text-latin-poetry-and-hermeneutics-reception
Roman Literature and Society
From the plays of Plautus and Cicero's criminal cases in the 2nd century B.C.
to the satires of Juvenal and the histories of Suetonius in the 2nd century A.D.,
this introductory survey of Roman literature places the major Latin works
surviving today against the background of the society in which they were
written.
Ogilvie, R
Harvester Press
9780389200697
1980
Classical Literature: A Concise History
This accessible one-volume survey of the literature of Greece and Rome
covers the period between Homer around 700 BC and Augustine around AD
410.
Rutherford, R
Wiley-Blackwell
9780631231332
2004
http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/
http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0631231331.html
Fifty Key Classical Authors
A chronological guide to influential Greek and Roman writers. It is an
invaluable introduction to the literature, philosophy and history of the ancient
world
Sharrock, A and Ashley, R
Routledge
9780415165112
2001
www.routledge.com/
www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415165112/
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Literature in the Roman World
The focus of this book is on the 'receivers' of literature: readers, spectators,
and audiences. Contributors, drawn from both sides of the Atlantic, explore the
various and changing interactions between the makers of literature and their
audiences or readers from the beginning of the Roman empire to the end of
the classical era.
Taplin, O (Editor)
Oxford University Press
9780192893017
2001
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The Nature of Roman Poetry
This book analyses the features unique to Roman poetry composed in the
period 240–8 B.C., demonstrating how these features are to be recognised
and used as the basis for interpreting individual poems.
Williams, G
Oxford University Press
9780198721154
1983
http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/
Aspects of Roman History AD 14-117
It charts the history of the Roman Imperial period, from the establishment of
the Augustan principate to the reign of Trajan, providing a basic chronological
framework of the main events and introductory outlines of the major issues of
the period.
Alston, R
Routledge
9781134787821
2002
www.routledge.com/
Rome in the Late Republic
It outlines the factors that every learner must assess for a proper
understanding of the period, from the attitudes of the aristocracy and the role
of state religion to the function of political institutions.
Beard, M and Crawford, M
Duckworth
9780715629284
2000
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Rome the Cosmopolis
Rome stands today for an empire and for a city. The essays gathered in this
volume explore some of the many ways in which the two were interwoven.
Edwards, C and Woolf, G (eds)
Cambridge University Press
9780521030113
2006
www.cambridge.org/
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Reflections of Nero
This volume of essays analyses cultural and historical material from and about
the Neronian era.
Elsner, J and Masters, J
University of North Carolina Press
9780807821435
1994
www.uncpress.unc.edu/
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Augustus: The Life of Rome’s First Emperor
A biography of Augustus (63 BC – AD 14). The author presents a careful
historical argument for his theory of the life and death of Augustus.
Everitt, A
Random House
9780812970586
2007
Reprint
www.randomhouse.co.uk/home
The Roman World
Examining the Roman world from an unusual and illuminating angle, this
volume explores the central period of the Roman empire from Julius Caesar to
Marcus Aurelius.
Goodman, M
Routledge
9780415559799
2012
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Caesar Augustus
This book presents seven fresh and original views of Caesar Augustus, as the
authors of the papers collected here consider the image which he presented of
himself, how poets and historians reacted to him, the nature of his rule, and
the representation of the newly established monarch among his subjects in the
provinces.
Millar, F and Segal, E
Oxford University Press
9780198148586
1984
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The Age of Augustus
This textbook, comprising an anthology of sources, aims to introduce
undergraduates and school learners to the types of texts available through
translations of a variety of works presented thematically.
Cooley, M (ed)
London Association of Classical Teachers Occasional Research (LACTOR)
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2003
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Intellectual Life in the Late Roman Republic
This remarkable book both demonstrates clearly the liveliness and range of
intellectual life in the late Roman Republic and assesses them critically
Rawson, E
Duckworth
9780715622254
1988
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Nero
The reign of Nero is often judged to be the embodiment of the extravagance
and the corruption that have, for many, come to symbolise ancient Rome.
Shotter provides a reassessment of this view in this accessible introduction to
Nero.
Shotter, D
Routledge
9780415319423
2004
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The Fall of the Roman Republic
This text examines how the Roman republic was destabilised by the
unplanned growth of the Roman Empire.
Shotter, D
Routledge
9780415319409
2005
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Tiberius Caesar
It provides a concise and accessible survey of the character and life of
Tiberius Caesar.
Shotter, D
Routledge
9780415319461
2004
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Shotter reviews the evidence in order to place Augustus firmly in the context of
his own times.
Shotter, D
Routledge
9780415316362
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The Roman Revolution
It is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the
Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and
the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus.
Syme, R
Oxford University Press
9780192803207
1939 (re-issued in 2002)
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Tacitus
This study places Tacitus in his social and political context, emphasizing that
he was not merely a writer of genius but a senator and consul, a man familiar
with empire and government.
Syme. R
Oxford University Press
9780198143277
1958
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Augustan Rome
This well-established introduction to Rome in the Age of Augustus provides a
fascinating insight into the social and physical contexts of Augustan politics
and poetry, exploring in detail the impact of the new regime of government on
society.
Wallace-Hadrill, A
Bloomsbury
9781853991387
1998
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/augustan-rome-9781853991387/
The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus
Zanker builds an interpretation of Augustan art as a visual language that both
expressed and furthered the transformation of Roman society during the rule
of Augustus Caesar.
Zanker, P
University of Michigan Press
9780472081240
1990
www.press.umich.edu/
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Website resources
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook:
www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.asp
The Internet Classics Archive:
http://classics.mit.edu/
The Latin Library:
www.thelatinlibrary.com/
Perseus Digital Library:
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/
University of Cambridge Faculty of Classics:
www.classics.cam.ac.uk/library/about/e-resources
The Classics Pages:
www.classicspage.com/index.htm
The Joint Association of Classical Teachers:
www.jact.org/
University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences – Classics:
http://mcl.as.uky.edu/classics/
LacusCurtius: Into the Roman World:
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html
VROMA – A Virtual Community for Teaching and Learning Classics:
www.vroma.org/
Gaius Valerius Catullus:
www.vroma.org/~hwalker/VRomaCatullus/Catullus.html
Gaius Valerius Catullus: Salvete Omnes
A learner resource for the study of the poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus.
www.hoocher.com/catullus.htm
Catullus: The Poems:
http://poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/Catullus.htm
The Cicero homepage:
http://sites.la.utexas.edu/cicero/
Marcus Tullius cicero Salvete Omnes from the University of Texas:
www.hoocher.com/cicero.htm
Encyclopaedia Britannica – Pro Caelio:
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/477434/Pro-Caelio
University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences – Classics courses:
http://mcl.as.uky.edu/classics/
Horace:
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/horace/g/Horace.htm
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Theatre database – Horace (65-8 BC):
www.theatredatabase.com/ancient/horace_001.html
Horace (65-8 BC):
www.kirjasto.sci.fi/horatius.htm
Ovid’s metamorphoses :
An introduction and commentary with discussion of myths and links to sources and influence in art
and literature
http://larryavisbrown.homestead.com/files/xeno.ovid1.htm
The Ovid Project: Metamorphosing the Metamorphoses:
www.uvm.edu/~hag/ovid/index.html
Propertius:
http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/LatinAuthors/Propertius.html#
Sallust 86-34 BC Roman Historian:
www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/people_n2/persons2_n2/sallust.html
Encyclopaedia Britannica – Sallust:
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/519466/Sallust
Bartleby: internet publisher of literature reference and verse providing learners with unlimited
access to books and information on the web, free of charge:
www.bartleby.com/
Gaius Sallustius Crispus:
www.forumromanum.org/literature/sallust/catilinae.html
Latin poetry – Tibullus:
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/tibullus/
Encyclopaedia Britannica – Tibullus:
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/595039/Albius-Tibullus
Tibullus and Sulpicia: The Poems:
http://poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/Tibullus.htm
The Vergil project – resources for learners, teachers and readers of Vergil:
http://vergil.classics.upenn.edu/
The Virgil Home Page – texts and web pages:
http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/world_literature/virgil.html
Duke Papyrus Archive:
http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/papyrus/
Manuscripts as Historical Documents:
www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/a-vatican_lib/Margins_of_past.html
Materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world:
www.stoa.org/diotima/
Ancient Rome – web resources:
http://historylink101.com/ancient_rome.htm
Rome timeline:
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http://eawc.evansville.edu/chronology/ropage.htm
Illustrated history of the Roman Empire:
www.roman-empire.net/
University of Virginia Library – the Electronic Text Center (Etext):
www.library.virginia.edu/organization/etext/
Roman Empire:
www.unrv.com/roman-republic/catiline-conspiracy.php
Late Roman Republic:
www.unrv.com/empire/late-roman-republic.php
University of Texas Department of Classics:
www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/classics/
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