The Ancient Rome Reading Path

According to Groblé

Virgil to Marcus Aurelius. Latin literature that absorbed, transformed, and transmitted Greek culture across an empire.

14 works · 4,049 pages, in reading order

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  1. 1On the Nature of ThingsLucretius · c. 55 BCEHard · 304 pages
  2. 2The Works of CiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero · c. 50 BCEGrueling · 272 pages
  3. 3The EcloguesVirgil · c. 37 BCEHard · 41 pages
  4. 4The GeorgicsVirgil · 29 BCEHard · 109 pages
  5. 5The Odes of HoraceHoratius · 23 BCEGrueling · 368 pages
  6. 6The AeneidVirgil · 19 BCEHard · 484 pages
  7. 7MetamorphosesOvid · 8Hard · 576 pages
  8. 8Letters from a StoicSeneca · c. 64Breezy · 254 pages
  9. 9The SatyriconPetronius · c. 65Moderate · 208 pages
  10. 10The Annals of Imperial RomePublius Cornelius Tacitus · c. 117Grueling · 455 pages
  11. 11The Golden AssApuleius · c. 170Moderate · 272 pages
  12. 12MeditationsMarcus Aurelius · c. 175Moderate · 256 pages
  13. 13ConfessionsAugustine of Hippo · c. 398Moderate · 296 pages
  14. 14The Consolation of PhilosophyBoethius · c. 524Hard · 154 pages