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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Stonecutter and His Craft
Chapter 3. Reading Roman Inscriptions
Chapter 4. Dating Roman Inscriptions
Chapter 5. The Survival of Roman Inscriptions
Chapter 6. Recording and Publication
Chapter 7. The Emperor
Chapter 8. Local Government and Society
Chapter 9. The Roads That Lead to Rome
Chapter 10. Administration of an Empire
Chapter 11. The Army and the Frontiers
Chapter 12. Temples and Altars of the Gods
Chapter 13. Gravestones and Tomb Monuments
Chapter 14. Trade, Economy, and the Business World
Chapter 15. Populusque Romanus
Chapter 16. Christianity
Chapter 17. The Later Roman Empire
Chapter 18. Conclusion. The Value of Roman Inscriptions
Appendices
1. Emperors and dates
2. Common abbreviations
3. Roman voting-tribes
4. Contents of CIL volumes
5. Epigraphic conventions
Footnotes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Palmer Bovie has published many translations of classical Roman literature, including The Georgics of Virgil, The Satires and Epistles of Horace, Cicero: Nine Orations, Epigrams of Martial, De Rerum Natura of Lucretius, and Terence: The Comedies.

Reviews

The best Terrence available, indeed the only one that can be recommended to students without apology. Classical World