Ancient Rome

c. 240 BCE-500 CE· 14 works

Virgil to Marcus Aurelius. Latin literature that absorbed, transformed, and transmitted Greek culture across an empire.

Ancient Rome, Ranked

According to Groblé

  1. 15The Aeneid19 BCVirgilHard·Long·472 pagesInfluence96Popularity70Ancient RomeEpicLatin
  2. 27Confessions~398Augustine of HippoModerate·Long·400 pagesInfluence91Popularity38Ancient RomeBiography & MemoirLatin
  3. 52Letters from a Stoic~64SenecaEasy·Long·254 pagesInfluence39Popularity43Ancient RomeTreatiseLatin
  4. 59On the Nature of Things~55 BCLucretiusHard·Long·300 pagesInfluence71Popularity11Ancient RomeDidactic VerseLatin
  5. 65The Golden Ass~170ApuleiusEasy·Long·360 pagesInfluence37Popularity9Ancient RomeNovelLatin
  6. 77The Works of Cicero~50 BCMarcus Tullius CiceroHard·Long·392 pagesInfluence79Popularity11Ancient RomeOratoryLatin
  7. 83The Satyricon~65PetroniusEasy·Medium·240 pagesInfluence36Popularity8Ancient RomeSatireLatin
  8. 100Metamorphoses8OvidHard·Epic·600 pagesInfluence95Popularity67Ancient RomeEpicLatin
  9. 121The Consolation of Philosophy~524BoethiusModerate·Medium·154 pagesInfluence32Popularity28Ancient RomeDialogueLatin
  10. 123The Odes of Horace23 BCHoratiusHard·Medium·108 pagesInfluence35Popularity10Ancient RomeLyricLatin
  11. 126The Georgics29 BCVirgilHard·Short·88 pagesInfluence35Popularity10Ancient RomeDidactic VerseLatin
  12. 129Meditations~175Marcus AureliusEasy·Medium·146 pagesInfluence38Popularity79Ancient RomeMeditation & AphorismAncient Greek
  13. 157The Eclogues~37 BCVirgilHard·Quick·26 pagesInfluence36Popularity9Ancient RomePastoralLatin
  14. 179The Annals of Imperial Rome~117Publius Cornelius TacitusHard·Epic·660 pagesInfluence37Popularity28Ancient RomeHistoryLatin
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