Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire

Albrecht Dihle, Manfred Malzahn

`This is a monumental work of massive erudition to which a short review can do but scant justice and merely hint at some of the treaures to be found within. - JACT Review`With this volume, Routledge continue their highly laudable series of English translations of important works of recent classical scholarship. ... The task is certainly monumental, but D succeeds well in presenting clear, helpful synopses of bewildering range of literature, which often more traditionl classicsts tend to forget.' - Classic Reveiw`Dihle expresses the hope that his book will "not ... serve as a work of reference", but as he covers both pagan and Christian texts, offers a clear, introductory account of the transition from pre-imperial to imperial literature and gives ample space to popular, technical and philosophical works - many unfamiliar even to students of these periods - it is unlikely that this wish will be fulfilled ... If Dihle is not careful, he will give literary history a good name again ... This is a remarkable achievement; we will not see its like again.' - Times Literary Supplement

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Julio-Claudian Era; Chapter 3 The Flavian Era; Chapter 4 The Second Century; Chapter 5 The Severan Era; Chapter 6 The Crises of the Third Century AD; Chapter 7 The Era of Diocletian and Constantine; Chapter 8 The Christian Empire;