Roman History in Poetry

The nineteenth volume of Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar explores aspects of how historical and historiographical concerns were represented in or affected by Roman poetry. The essays range in time from Roman pre-history,through the late Republic and early Empire, up to the Flavian age. In Roman History in Roman poetry (the 19th volume of PLLS) distinguished international scholars explore aspects of how historical and historiographical concerns were represented in or affected by Roman poetry. The essays, ranging chronologically from Roman pre-history through the late Republic and early Empire up to the Flavian age, look at the topic in Lucretius, Virgil, Horace, Propertius, Lucan, and Silius, with a concluding paper on the female poet Sulpicia, commenting circumspectly on the politics of the reign of Domitian.