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TACITUS
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Tacitus on Germanicus'
fears for his
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Tacitus on Claudius ordered the death of his wife Messalina |
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Tacitus on the murder of Claudius |
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Tacitus on the Great Fire |
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Tacitus on Jesus & Christianity |
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Tacitus on the death of Seneca |
SENECA
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Seneca on Rome |
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Seneca on Baths |
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Seneca on Slaves |
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Seneca on Posterity |
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JUVENAL
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Juvenal on Rome |
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Juvenal on Foreigners |
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Juvenal on Women |
PLINY THE YOUNGER
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Pliny on his legacy |
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Pliny on chariot races |
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Pliny on the Arts |
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Pliny on posterity |
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Pliny on his uncle's death at Pompeii |
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Pliny on his uncle, Pliny the Elder |
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Pliny on persecution of writers |
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Pliny on Trajan |
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PETRONIUS
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Petronius on Slaves and Freedmen |
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SUETONIUS
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Suetonius on the child Augustus' future |
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Suetonius describes the elderly Augustus |
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Suetonius describes Claudius' appearance |
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Suetonius describes Claudius' first public reading |
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Suetonius on Nero's love of horses |
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Suetonius on the death of Nero |
CASSIUS DIO
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Dio on the assimilation of the barbarians |
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Dio on Varus' catastrophic defeat in Germany in 9AD |
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