InhaltsangabeList of Figures ix Preface x Acknowledgments xiii A Note on Translation xv List of Abbreviations xvii Maps xix 1 Letters and Letter-Writing in Ancient Rome 1 2 The Roman Republic (70 bce-27 bce) 21 149 Cicero 21 50 Catiline 61 5153 Catullus 62 3 The Augustan Age (27 bce-14 ce) 66 5458 Augustus 66 5969 Horace 68 7071 Propertius 79 7283 Ovid 81 4 The Roman Empire (14 ce-third century ce) 96 84 Emperor Tiberius (14-37 ce) 96 85 Emperor Claudius (41-54 ce) 97 8695 Seneca the Younger 99 96 Paul the Apostle 112 97 Jude 114 98101 Martial 115 102105 Statius 117 106164 Pliny the Younger 122 165166 John the Elder 154 167194 Fronto 156 195203 Letters from Vindolanda 169 204214 Papyri 173 5 Epistolary Theorists 183 215 (Pseudo)Demetrius 183 216 PseudoLibanius 184 General Index 187 Concordance of Texts 193

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