Roman Letters

?With translations that are both true to the intent of the original and entirely accessible to the modern reader, Zeiner-Carmichael has created an engaging survey of Roman epistolography, from the most practical of daily missives to highly refined literature.? Jacqueline M. Carlon, University of Massachusetts Boston ?Both accessible and scholarly, Zeiner-Carmichael?s new and wide-ranging selection with its lively translations, running bibliographies and perceptive introduction constitutes an essential resource for all teachers and students of Greco-Roman letter-writing.? Gill Knight, University of Reading

Noelle K. Zeiner-Carmichael is Associate Professor of Classics at the College of Charleston, where she teaches courses in Latin, Greek, Roman culture, and literature in translation. She is the author of Nothing Ordinary Here: Statius as Creator of Distinction in the Silvae (2005).

List of Figures ix Preface x Acknowledgments xiii A Note on Translation xv List of Abbreviations xvii Maps xix 1 Letters and Letter-Writing in Ancient Rome 1 2 The Roman Republic (70 bce27 bce) 21 149 Cicero 21 50 Catiline 61 5153 Catullus 62 3 The Augustan Age (27 bce14 ce) 66 5458 Augustus 66 5969 Horace 68 7071 Propertius 79 7283 Ovid 81 4 The Roman Empire (14 cethird century ce) 96 84 Emperor Tiberius (1437 ce) 96 85 Emperor Claudius (4154 ce) 97 8695 Seneca the Younger 99 96 Paul the Apostle 112 97 Jude 114 98101 Martial 115 102105 Statius 117 106164 Pliny the Younger 122 165166 John the Elder 154 167194 Fronto 156 195203 Letters from Vindolanda 169 204214 Papyri 173 5 Epistolary Theorists 183 215 (Pseudo-)Demetrius 183 216 Pseudo-Libanius 184 General Index 187 Concordance of Texts 193