Readings: The Roman Republic


The Colosseum
copyright John Nicols


  1. Livy, "The Rape of Lucretia", from the History
  2. Virgil, The Aeneid
  3. Plutarch, Tiberius Gracchus
  4. Cicero, "How to Make the Right Decisions"
  5. Plutarch, The Assassination of Julius Caesar, from Marcus Brutus
  6. Horace, "We All Must Die"
    ( World Civilizations Reader, Washington State University. Introduction copyright Paul Brians)


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