greek texts discussing ancient Rome
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greek texts discussing ancient Rome
I am needing to compose something on a description of imperial Rome written in Koine Greek. Does anyone know of any Greek literature from this period that can give me terminology.for how they tqlked about everything: e.g., colosseum, forum, etc.
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Re: greek texts discussing ancient Rome
You would likely find what you need in:hannaconner wrote: ↑July 2nd, 2025, 11:03 pm Does anyone know of any Greek literature from this period that can give me terminology.for how they tqlked about everything: e.g., colosseum, forum, etc.
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities
- Appian of Alexandria, Roman History
- Cassius Dio, Roman History
- Plutarch, Parallel Lives of Roman figures, e.g., Cicero
- Pausanias, Description of Greece
Ken M. Penner
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Professor and Chair of Religious Studies, St. Francis Xavier University
Editor, Digital Biblical Studies
General Editor, Lexham English Septuagint
Co-Editor, Online Critical Pseudepigrapha pseudepigrapha.org