The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . ; Arrian (an Asiatic Greek), who wrote (in Greek) biographies of Alexan-der and his successors, and treatises on geography ; Plutarch (a Boeotian), the author of the famous Lives ( the text-bookof heroism ) and of a great treatise on Morals (in Greek) ; Suetonius, the biographer of the first twelve Caesars ; Tacitus (a Roman noble), author of the Germania (a description of theGermans), and of a great history of the Empire from Tiberius to only fragments survive, under the names of the Annals andthe Histories. Poetry is repr
The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . ; Arrian (an Asiatic Greek), who wrote (in Greek) biographies of Alexan-der and his successors, and treatises on geography ; Plutarch (a Boeotian), the author of the famous Lives ( the text-bookof heroism ) and of a great treatise on Morals (in Greek) ; Suetonius, the biographer of the first twelve Caesars ; Tacitus (a Roman noble), author of the Germania (a description of theGermans), and of a great history of the Empire from Tiberius to only fragments survive, under the names of the Annals andthe Histories. Poetry is represented chiefly by the Satires of Juvenal (an Italian).Science is represented by : — Galen (an Asiatic Greek), who wrote treatises on medicine (in Greek),and who was revered for many centuries as the greatest medical author-ity; §628] LITERATURE 515 Ptolemy, an Egyptian astronomer and geographer, whose work {in Greek)was the chief authority for centuries. He taught that the earth wasround, and that the heavens revolved about it for their center ;. Trajans Arch, at Beneventum. Pausanias (an Asiatic Greek), a traveler and writer (in Greek). Philosophy has for its chief representative: —Marcus Aurelius, the emperor (§§ 589, 638). For the Christian religion: the books of the New Testament receivedtheir present form in Greek. 516 THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 31 [§ 629 Exercise. — Note the significance in the use of Greek or Latin by theauthors named above (cf. § 475). Observe the increase in prose literature. MORALS 629. The Dark Side. — Many writers dwell upon the im-morality of Roman society under the Empire. It is easy toblacken the picture unduly. The records give most prominenceto the court and the capital; and there the truth is dark some reigns, the atmosphere of the court was rank withhideous debauchery. At all times, many of the great nobles weresunk in coarse orgies; and the rabble of Rome, defiled with theoffscourings of all nations, was igno
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