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Title: Roman Letters: History from a Personal Point of View (Classical Studies Pedagogy Series) by Finley Hooper, Matthew Schwartz ISBN: 0-8143-2022-8 Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 January, 1991 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $45.00

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Summary: A Window Into the Roman Mind
Comment: I had the privlege to be a student of both authors - of Dr. Hooper in the 1980s, and of his student, Dr. Schwartz, after his mentor's death, a decade later, at Wayne State University. Having been thus biased in their favor, I nonetheless recommend this book. The book is a series of vingettes about famous Romans, as seen through their correspondence. Starting with Cicero, they work through the standard writers that you might expect: Seneca, Pliny, etc. Instead of stopping when the Classic writers dissapear, the book continues on with the Chirch Fathers. Augustine and Athanasius continue where their forbearers left off, opening a window into their world through both private and public correspondence. This provides the conectivity sometimes missing in accounts of the Roman world: the link between the ancients and the Age of Faith. (Augusting was inspired by Cicero's "The Orator," so this is a necessary connection.) My sentiments are doubtless colored by affection for my old teachers, but I believe that this book would be read and re-read with pleasure by anyone who loves the classics. -Lloyd A. Conway