Books in the Latin Texts series

This simple, utilitarian edition offers sixth-form and undergraduatestudents an introduction to the enchanted, sometimes violent, oftensad, often funny world of the "Metamorphoses." The brief introduction places the book in its ancient context. Notes aid comprehension of the Latin and a vocabulary is included.

School edition of the Latin text with English Introduction, Notes and Vocabulary.

This edition of Book II of Virgil's "Aeneid" aims to provide students with help in translation, encourage them to consider the sound of the poetry, and appreciate the emotional impact of the story as Virgil portrays it.

This volume presents a new commentary on the first book of satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal.

This volume contains the Latin text of Tacitus' Annals Book XV, supplemented by a useful introduction and notes on the text.

The first volume of R.D. Williams' classic edition of the Aeneid, covering books I-VI.

The fifth book of Livy's Roman history. It contains a literary and historical introduction and a vocabulary. The notes offer discussion of historical and linguistic points of significance, and each section ends with a summary paragraph that concerns language, matters of history, and composition.

De Imperio Cn. Pompeii (in support of Pompey), or Pro Lege Manilia, (in favour of the Manilian law) was Cicero''s first speech on public affairs. Delivered in 66 BC when Cicero was praetor, he argued in support of a proposal from Manilius, the tribune at that time, to extend Pompey''s command in the East and so take over the command in the war against Mithridates. The speech charts the moment when Cicero was transformed from lawyer to politician, but also effected a decision which led to Rome''s success in the third Mithridatic War and her assertion of supremacy in the East. This edition contains sections 27-45, where Cicero discusses how to choose a general, passionately advocating for a leader with the skills and expertise of Pompey. The introductory essay provides an overview of the historical and political context, and provides detail on the rhetorical and literary devices employed by Cicero in this speech. Detailed commentary notes accompanying the Latin text gloss difficult words and phrases, explain references to Cicero''s contemporary politics, and highlight instances of oratorical usage. This is the prescribed edition of the prose set text for OCR''s AS GCE Classics Latin qualification, for examination from 2015 to 2017 inclusive.

Aeneas is shipwrecked on the coast of North Africa, near where the Phoenician queen Dido is building a city that will become Carthage. Aeneas and Dido meet. Their doomed love is set against Aeneas' destiny as founding father of Rome.

Deals with the events of the Second Punic War after Hannibal's victory at Canna.

A selection of passages from "Sallust's Bellum Iugurthinum", arranged in three main narrative sections: the Numidian Civil War and the appeal to Rome; limited intervention; and outright war. It offers an introduction on both Africa and Rome, giving the history and context of the war.

This selection from Caesar's Gallic War, intended for use in schools, includes the following passages in Latin: Book IV, chapters 20-36, and Book V, chapters 8-23. These cover Caesar's expeditions to Britain in 55 and 54 BC. Eight explanatory sections in English, with maps, palns and notes give the student an opportunity to become familiar with Roman Britain and to follow up with project work n that background area. The Latin text is supplemented by an introduction and textual notes on the text in English aid the comprehension of the Latin.

Book I of Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War starts with an account of Gaul and goes on to cover Caesar's defeat of first the Helvetians and then the Germans under Ariovistus.

"Mostellaria" is one of Plautus' most lively plays. This edition was conceived as a first reader in Roman comedy. Its introduction includes sections on Plautus, on the genre, on the play and its plot, on Plautine language, style and metrics. It also includes annotation and a full vocabulary.

This anthology draws from Cicero's speeches, letters and philosophical writings. The text is designed to meet the needs of students today and gives generous assistance with vocabulary and has explanatory notes placed next to the Latin text.

Extracts from Cicero, Nepos, Sallust, Livy, Petronius, Seneca, Plinyand Tacitus In Latin with notes and introductory material in English.

"De Rerum Natura" offers readers a complete guide to happiness and a total tour of the universe. This book draws on the latest research into the text and interpretation of Lucretius to elucidate both the poetic artistry and philosophical content. Little background knowledge of Latin is assumed.

The lively action and well-constructed plot of the "Phormio" make it an ideal introduction to Terence and to the Roman comic genre. This edition includes a great deal of help with the difficulties presented by his colloquial (and early) poetic idiom.

This volume contains the explanatory sections of Cicero's speech Pro Cluentio - the defence in a particularly lurid murder case set in the provincial Italian town of Larinum. This is unadapted and exciting Latin well within the grasp of those tackling a 'real' text for the first time; a fine introduction to the reading of Golden Latin prose

Book III of Caesar's "de Bello Civili" is arguably the most interesting he ever wrote, containing as it does the two major campaigns of Dyrrachium and of Pharsalus - Caesar's titanic struggle with his arch-rival Pompey. This text provides historical background, annotation and a full vocabulary.