Here, translated into modern English, are the works of literature, history, science, oratory, and philosophy that constitute the mainstream of Roman thought and continue to influence world civilizations. This volume includes: - Complete translations of Plautus' , Terence's , Seneca's , and the . - Selections from Vergil's and the poems of Catullus, Horace's , Ovid's , the of Petronius, and the of Juvenal. - Selections from Lucretius' , Cicero's speeches and philosophical works, and Quintilian's - Selections from histories by Sallust, Livy's Tacitus' , and letters of Pliny the Younger.