Roman Letters: History from a Personal Point of ViewWipf and Stock Publishers, 20/07/2018 - 338 من الصفحات In this selection of letters, notable Romans write about themselves and their times, as well as about personal and public matters. Seneca provides indignant remarks about the behavior of women in Nero's Rome. From his monastic cell in Bethlehem, St. Jerome berates St. Augustine for gossip he may have spread. Some letters give a different perspective to history, while other talk of harvests, marriages, and day-to-day events. For historical continuity, Hooper and Schwartz include a running commentary and brief biographical sketches on the writers. |
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Acknowledgments | 15 |
Private Thoughts Made Public | 17 |
Letters Written for Publication | 51 |
Gentleman and Public Servant | 71 |
Lost Letters Found by Archaeologists | 87 |
Teacher of Emperors | 95 |
Ruling the Church the Roman Way | 110 |
Loyal to the Old Gods | 131 |
Struggling with Himself Satan and Others | 206 |
A Giant of Mind and Faith | 232 |
The Reluctant Bishop | 251 |
Champion of a Lost Cause | 271 |
Pope Who Faced Attila | 290 |
Writing Letters for the Goths | 304 |
Notes | 321 |
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Uncommon Men with Common Interests | 145 |
Old Friends Gone Separate Ways | 163 |
Whose Influence Would Prevail? | 176 |
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