Download or read book Aeneas to Augustus written by Mason Hammond and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1967-07-10 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reader consists of 90 selections illustrating the history of Rome from the myth of Aeneas to the founding of the Augustan Principate. The selections have been chosen with three aims in mind: gradual increase in length and difficulty, continuity of subject matter, and stylistic variety. Historical background is provided in the prefaces to the selections. The updated letterpress edition is more convenient to use than its predecessor of 1962. The notes have been extensively revised and the vocabulary has been newly compiled.