The Roman Search for Wisdom

by Michael K. Kellogg

The Roman "philosophy of life" as mirrored in the literature of ten outstanding representative authorsThough Rome conquered much of the world and established an empire that lasted more than a millennium, its citizens sometimes expressed a sense of inferiority to the intellectual accomplishments of ancient Greece. The notion that Roman philosophers, thinkers, and writers were just pale imitations of Greek originals has persisted to this day. Even the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616149256
• ISBN13: 9781616149253
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"