The Portable Roman Reader by Basil Davenport

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A collection of representative works of great Roman writers and thinkers from the founding of the Republic to the collapse of the Empire.

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Canonical title: The Portable Roman Reader
Original title: The Portable Roman Reader
Original publication date: 1951-11
Original language: Latin

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Genre: Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS: 870.8 — Literature & rhetoric Latin & Italic literatures Latin literature and literatures of related Italic languages Collections
LCC: PA6163 .D38 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Roman literature Translations
BISAC: DRA DRAMA Ancient & Classical
LCO LITERARY COLLECTIONS Ancient & Classical
FIC FICTION General
POE POETRY Ancient & Classical

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