Mōrēs Rōmānī: An Anthology of Exempla in Latin Prose

Exempla—short historical stories with a moral lesson—were omnipresent in Roman culture and a key feature of Roman moral education. In this anthology, you will find nine of these exempla presented not for imitation, but for analysis and scrutiny: are these values the same ones we have today? Is the behavior in these exempla still considered ethical? Readers will explore the Roman values of clēmentia, fidēs, frūgālitās, industria, pietās, virtūs, continentia, aequitās, and probitās while reading works from a variety of authors including Cato the Elder, Cicero, Nepos, Livy, Seneca, Gellius, and more!

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