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Letters from women in the Roman world : an anthology of Latin texts with running vocabulary and commentary / edited, with introduction and notes, by Thomas G. Hendrickson, Mia Ella Antonio, Jillian Bross, Derin Goktepe, Christopher Mason Jackson, Isobel Lewis, Wanzhi Li, Ines Mueller, Hannah Nakagome, Julian Schennach, Piper Whittenburg.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Experrecta series ; v. 5.
- The experrecta series ; volume 5
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Rome--Correspondence.
- Women.
- Latin letters.
- Latin prose literature--Women authors.
- Latin prose literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 285 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [Williamsburg, Virginia] : Pixelia Publishing, May 2026.
- Language Note:
- Latin texts with English introductions and notes.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "This anthology presents letters written by fifteen women in the ancient Roman world, stretching from the 120s BCE to the 530s CE. In these pages, readers will meet an aristocratic woman in Rome advising her son not to run for public office; a woman at a military fort sending a birthday invitation to a friend; a traveler abroad sending updates back to her community at home; and many other voices who, in their immediacy and energy, shrink the distance between the ancient world and our own. In a refreshing departure from the traditional Latin curriculum, this broad and diverse collection provides students with a chance to explore Roman history from the perspectives of the women who lived it and, in some cases, forged it. Each letter is presented in the original Latin, with same-page grammatical and vocabulary aids."--Pixelia Publishing website (viewed 5 June 2026).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Pixelia Publshing, viewed 5 June 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781967785124
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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