First English language edition, translated from the original Swedish by P M Fraser. 204pp, with portrait plate frontispiece, Black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth a little worn, gently rubbed at corners and spine ends. Internally a little mild page toning, front hinge cracked with small scar, number written on front paste down, else neat, clean and tight.
An examination of the Roman cultural and literary context with chapters on The Cultural Legacy of Antiquity, The Background of Roman Literature, Aspects of the History of Roman Love-Poetry, Cicero's Life and Work, Roman Financiers, Tacitus as a Historian, The Style of Tacitus, Marcus Aurelius and His Age, etc.
