Böcker av Harold Whetstone Johnston

This classic work of Latin literature tells the story of Julius Caesar's campaigns in Gaul, from 58 BC to 51 BC. The text is presented here in a clear and readable translation by Frederick Warren Sanford and Harold Whetstone Johnston. This is an essential resource for anyone interested in ancient Rome, military history, or the Latin language.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Harold Whetstone Johnston (1859-1912) was a classical historian and Professor of Latin at Indiana University, best known for The Private Life of the Romans, which was intended to be a "simple and compact description of domestic life, to give more reality to the shadowy forms whose public careers" are better known by history.

The 16 chapters present an overview of family structure, names, marriage, children and education, religion, dependents, slaves and client,, the house and its furniture, dress and personal ornaments, food and meals, amusements and baths, travel and correspondence, books, sources of income and means of living, the Roman's day, burial-places and funeral ceremonies. These things are of interest to us in the case of any ancient or foreign people; in the case of the Romans they are of especial importance, because they help to explain the powerful influence that nation exerted over the old world, and make it easier to understand why that influence is still felt in some degree today. At the time of original publication in 1903, Harold Whetstone Johnston was Professor of Latin at Indiana University. He was also the author of Selected Orations and Letters of Cicero, Latin Manuscripts, and The Metrical Licenses of Vergil.