Propertius by Ælius Gallus Virgil and his friendsīy Augustus, Mæcenas, and Pollio Martial and QuintilianĪs the conquest of Magna Græcia, Sicily, and, finally, Lælius Lucretius by the Memmii Tibullus by Messala Brutus Enniusīy Lucilius and the Scipios Terence by Africanus and Was the artificial heat which brought it to maturity.Īccius was patronized by D. It was the only species of literature which the masses Comedy formed the only exception to this rule. Which literature did not require to be fostered and protectedīy the patronage of the wealthy and powerful.Įven tragedy never captivated the feelings or acquiredĪn influence over the minds of the people at large as itĭid in Greece it degenerated into mere recitations inĪ dramatic form, addressed like any other poetry to aĬoterie. VHence it will be seen, that there never was a period in He was conscious that his country owed her positionĪmongst nations to her military prowess, and her libertiesĪt home to the wise administration of her constitution. Powers, mental and bodily, upon war and politics heĭespised all other occupations and sources of fame for His energies to the public service: he concentrated all his The Roman citizen conceived it to be his duty to devote Wealth and to acquire power but it was not so in the
Individual, generals and statesmen sought to heap up Self-aggrandizement but the extension of the domination He thus lived for conquest: his motive, however, was not Was for the glory, not of himself, but his country Sense of duty-he was ambitious, but his ambition The Roman, in the olden times, had a high and self-denying Roman mind, which led the majority to undervalue andĭespise devotion to sedentary and contemplative pursuits. With which literary men had to struggle under the Republic-difficultiesĪctivity of the people, and the practical character of the It will be seen how great the difficulties were In their successive stages of development. The intellectual powers, must be marked and followed out Of a taste for poetry, and a desire to cultivate Out of which it was composed and the earliest indications Upon it from without by the natives who spoke the dialects Must be traced with reference to the influences exercised Its progress and its formation from its primitive elements, Ivlanguage itself must be examined historically, that is, Reference to times of much higher antiquity. Such a history, however, must be introduced by a Taste and learning ceased to illumine the Roman worldīefore the accession of the Antonines. Science, art, and literature and the last rays of classic Of the capital acquainted, for the first time, with Greek Still uncultivated, when, about two centuries and a halfīefore the Christian era, conquest made the inhabitants The Roman mind, naturally vigorous and active, was Uncivilized nations, without producing a single author Germs of literary taste which are common to the most Hundred years without exhibiting more than those rudest
The imperial city had been founded for upwards of five
Title of classical, its existence occupies a period of less Infancy, until the epoch when it ceased to deserve the Many voluminous works, is, chronologically speaking,Ĭontained within narrow limits. It comprehends the names of many illustrious writers and The history of Roman Classical Literature, although
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