Further Reading
Below you'll find an annotated version of the further reading list for this chapter (p. 332).
Culture
Beard, M. (2010) Pompeii: the Life of a Roman Town. London: Profile Books
A detailed introduction to life in Pompeii by a highly respected academic.
Beard, M. (2016) SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. London: Profile Books
Mary Beard’s history of Rome up to the year AD 212.
Beard, M. and Hopkins, K. (2011) The Colosseum. London: Profile Books
A very readable and scholarly introduction to the Colosseum.
Berry, J. (2007) The Complete Pompeii. London: Thames and Hudson
A superb resource on Pompeii, which is especially strong on photos, images and reconstructions.
Connolly, P. (1990) Pompeii. Oxford: Oxford University Press
A good introduction to life in Pompeii; the visual reconstructions are especially valuable.
Connolly, P. (2000) The Ancient City. Oxford: Oxford University Press
The Rome half of this book gives excellent detail on life in the city, with superb reconstructions of the main buildings.
Fagan, G. (2002) Bathing in Public in the Roman World. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press
An excellent analysis of the culture of the Roman baths.
Futrell, A. (2006) The Roman Games: Historical Sources in Translation. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell
A comprehensive set of sources drawn from the Roman games, notably gladiatorial fighting and chariot racing.
Shelton, J. (1997) As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History. Oxford: Oxford University Press
A superb sourcebook which covers a wide variety of topics from Roman life and society.
Treggiari, S. (2001) Roman Social History. London: Routledge
An excellent introduction to Roman society.
Wallace-Hadrill, A. (2012) Herculaneum. London: Frances Lincoln
The definitive book on the site of Herculaneum, full of detail and with excellent images.
Literature
Braund, S. (ed.) (1992) Roman Verse Satire. Oxford (Greece & Rome New Surveys in the Classics No. 23)
An excellent introduction to Roman satire.
Braund, S. (2013) The Roman Satirists and their Masks. London: Bloomsbury
Similar to the book above, a very good introduction to Roman satire.
Courtney, E. (2001) A Companion to Petronius. Oxford. Oxford University Press
The most detailed commentary on Petronius. Note that it is an expensive book and so most likely used in the library.
Courtney, E. (2013) A Commentary on the Satires of Juvenal. Berkeley: California Classical Studies
The most detailed commentary on Juvenal. Note that it is an expensive book and so most likely used in the library.
Davie, J. (2011) Horace: Satires and Epistles. Oxford: Oxford University Press
An alternative translation with a useful introduction and notes.
Freudenburg, K. (ed.) (2005) The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
A definitive set of essays on Roman satire.
Gibson, R. K. (2016) Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
A study in Pliny’s letters and their place in the literary tradition.
Rudd, N. (1998) Themes in Roman Satire. London: Bloomsbury
The classic introduction to Roman satire.
Walsh, P. G. (2009) Pliny: Complete Letters. Oxford: Oxford University Press
An alternative translation with a useful introduction and notes.
Walsh, P. G. (2009) Petronius: Satyricon. Oxford: Oxford University Press
An alternative translation with a useful introduction and notes.
