eBooks „Roman-Reihe“
253 eBooks were found for the search term „Roman-Reihe“.
William Stearns Davis
A Friend Of Caesar A Tale Of The Fall Of The Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C.
- Fiction
- English
- 150322 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 2
After The Book Was Planned And In Part Written, It Was Discovered That
Archdeacon Farrar Had In His Story Of "Darkness And Dawn" A Scene,
"Onesimus And The Vestal," Which Corresponds Very Closely To The Scene,
"Agias And The Vestal," In This Book; But The Latter Incident Was Too
Characteristically Roman Not To Risk Repetition. If It Is Asked Why Such
A Book As This Is Desirable After Those Noble Fictions, "Darkness And
Dawn" And "Quo Vadis," The Reply Must Be That These Books Necessarily
Take And Interpret The Christian Point Of View. And They Do Well; But
The Pagan Point Of View Still Needs Its Interpretation, At Least As A
Help To An Easy Apprehension Of The Life And Literature Of The Great Age
Of The Fall Of The Roman Republic. This Is The Aim Of "A Friend Of
Caesar." The Age Of Caesar Prepared The Way For The Age Of Nero, When
Christianity Could Find A World In a State Of Such Culture, Unity, And
Social Stability That It Could Win An Adequate And Abiding Triumph. [more]
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William Stearns Davis
A Friend Of Caesar A Tale Of The Fall Of The Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C.
- Fiction
- English
- 158919 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 2
If this book serves to show that Classical Life presented many phases akin to our own, it will not have been written in vain. After the book was planned and in part written, it was discovered that Archdeacon Farrar had in his story of Darkness and Dawn a scene, Onesimus and the Vestal, which corresponds very closely to the scene, Agias and the Vestal, in this book; but the latter incident was too characteristically Roman not to risk repetition. If it is asked why such a book as this is desirable after those noble fictions, Darkness and Dawn and QuoVadis, the reply must be that these books necessarily take and interpret the Christian point of view. And they do well; but the Pagan point of view still needs its interpretation, at least as a help to an easy apprehension of the life and literature of the great age of the Fall of the Roman Republic. This is the aim of A Friend of Caesar. The Age of Caesar prepared the way for the Age of Nero, when Christianity could find a world in a state of such culture, unity, and social stability that it could win an adequate and abiding triumph. Great care has been taken to keep to strict historical probability; but in one scene, the Expulsion of the Tribunes, there is such a confusion of accounts in the authorities themselves that I have taken some slight liberties. W.S. D.Harvard University, January 16, [more]
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William Stearns Davis
A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C.
- Fiction
- English
- 150994 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 2
William Stearns Davis (April 30, 1877 – February 15, 1930) was an American educator, historian, and author. He has been cited as one who “contributed to history as a scholarly discipline, . . . [but] was intrigued by the human side of history, which, at the time, was neglected by the discipline. [more]
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