Ancient Rome
c. 240 BCE–500 CEVirgil to Marcus Aurelius. Latin literature that absorbed, transformed, and transmitted Greek culture across an empire.
15 works12 authors13 genres
autobiography/theologydidactic poemepic poemepistolary philosophyhistorylyric poetrynoveloratory/philosophypastoral poetryphilosophical dialoguephilosophical journalphilosophical poemsatire
On the Nature of Things
Lucretius·55 BCE
philosophical poemchallenging
6.5/10 influence4.5/10 popularity
10h
Tusculan Disputations
Marcus Tullius Cicero·45 BCE
philosophical dialoguechallenging
5.0/10 influence2.5/10 popularity
8h
Selected Works
Marcus Tullius Cicero·43 BCE
oratory/philosophymoderate
6.5/10 influence4.5/10 popularity
10h
The Eclogues
Virgil·39 BCE
pastoral poetrymoderate
5.0/10 influence3.0/10 popularity
2h
The Georgics
Virgil·29 BCE
didactic poemmoderate
5.0/10 influence3.5/10 popularity
4h
The Odes of Horace
Horatius·23 BCE
lyric poetrymoderate
6.0/10 influence4.5/10 popularity
8h
The Aeneid
Virgil·19 BCE
epic poemmoderate
9.0/10 influence6.5/10 popularity
16h
Metamorphoses
Ovid·8
epic poemmoderate
9.0/10 influence6.0/10 popularity
20h
The Satyricon
Petronius·60
satiremoderate
5.0/10 influence3.5/10 popularity
6h
Letters from a Stoic
Seneca·64
epistolary philosophyaccessible
6.0/10 influence7.0/10 popularity
10h
The Annals of Imperial Rome
Publius Cornelius Tacitus·116
historychallenging
5.5/10 influence4.0/10 popularity
30h
The Golden Ass
Apuleius·159
novelmoderate
5.5/10 influence3.5/10 popularity
8h
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius·180
philosophical journalaccessible
6.5/10 influence9.0/10 popularity
4h
Confessions
Augustine of Hippo·400
autobiography/theologychallenging
8.0/10 influence5.5/10 popularity
12h
The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius·524
philosophical dialoguemoderate
6.5/10 influence4.0/10 popularity
4h