Roman literature

School curricula also explain why ancient grammatical literature was transmitted in surprising quantities across medieval Europe and the Mediterranean, including educational material for the study not only of Latin but also of ancient Greek. Popular texts, such as Priscian’s 5th-century Institutes of Latin Grammar, survive in large numbers, sometimes annotated with glosses or notes added in classrooms, as in this example from 11th-century France.

The Twelve Tables were expanded under the reign of Justinian I (527-565 CE) into 50 books of law known as the Pandects but better known today as the Roman Digest which was lost with the fall of Rome and only discovered in the Middle Ages (c. 1070 CE) at which time it became the basis for the laws of Europe. The laws initiated by Rome, like the Roman government, also served as the model for the United States of America's founding fathers.

Architecture serves a variety of purposes, and with ever changing societal needs, the structure, use, and design of buildings and temples also changes. This can be seen through the architectural …

Louis Jean François Lagrenée. Ceres (Demeter) teaching Triptolemos agriculture, 1769 ,Versailles

homer’s odyssey classical literature background

A basic level guide to some of the best known and loved works of prose, poetry and drama from ancient Greece - Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus (Catullus 5) by Catullus