University of California Press, 1996. Paperback. Discusses the class between Roman politics and the intellectual class. Like new softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. Clean text free of marks or underling. Includes bibliography and an index. 209 pp.


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ISBN: 9780520204836

This book is an examination of the impact of Greek learning, literature, and religion on central aspects of Roman life in the middle Republic. Acclaimed historian Erich S. Gruen discusses the introduction of and resistance to new cults, the relationship between Roman political figures and literary artists schooled in Greek, and the reaction to Hellenic philosophy and rhetoric by the Roman elite. This book contributes new and important information on the place of Greek culture in Roman public life.

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