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The Legacy of Rome A New Appraisal

Hardcover • 1992 • English

The Legacy of Rome A New Appraisal

By Richard Jenkyns

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If the grandeur that was Rome has long since vanished, the impact of the Eternal City can still be felt in virtually every corner of Western culture. Students of speech and rhetoric to this day study the works of Cicero for guidance. We find Roman Law setting the model for legal systems from the twelfth century to the present. And Latin itself, far from being a "dead language," lives on not only in the Romance languages, but also in English vocabulary and grammar. Rhetoric, language, law--these ...Show more

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9780198219170

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Oxford University Press

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1992

Language

English

Original title

The Legacy of Rome A New Appraisal

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Hardcover

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