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IMAGES:

Lucius Livius Andronicus By WolfgangRieger - Marisa Ranieri Panetta (ed.): Pompeji. Geschichte, Kunst und Leben in der versunkenen Stadt. Belser, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-7630-2266-X, p. 344f, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6221453

Odes of Horace. Illuminated by William Morris c. 1873 CE from the Collected Works of William Morris Vol. XI. Maryland, D. C. a. t. U. o. (2017, September 25). Odes of Horace. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7333/odes-of-horace/

15th-century manuscript of Book I written by scribe John Rhosos (British Museum) By File:Odyssey_manuscript.jpg photoshoped by Odysses - File:Odyssey_manuscript.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46651771

Double herm with the portrait of the Roman poets Virgil or Ennius By Wolfgang Sauber - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4487970

A portrait illustration of the Roman Comedy writer Plautus, active in the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE. Artist, U. (2015, December 31). Plautus. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4373/plautus/

Terence, 9th-century illustration By Unknown author - File:Vaticana, Vat. lat. 3868 (2r).jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18960421

The Comedy Amphitruo by Plautus in the Florence Manuscript Von Plautus - 2d copy, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47230459

Roman Mosaic depicting theatrical masks of Tragedy and Comedy, 2nd century CE, from Rome. (Palazzo Nuovo, Capitoline Museums) Raddato, C. (2014, February 28). Theatre Masks, Roman Mosaic. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2329/theatre-masks-roman-mosaic/

Verses 85-137 of Mostellaria (1615 CE) By Plautus - 2d copy, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48485430

Copper engraving of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout (1623 CE) By Martin Droeshout - Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University [2], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10730498

First-century CE bust of Cicero By José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53959809

A line of Virgil's Aeneid, repeated 7 times; probably a writing exercise (1st century CE) By Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=105001397

Augustus of Prima Porta, 1st century CE By Joel Bellviure - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=129823838

Bust of Virgil By Armando Mancini - Flickr: Parco della Grotta di PosillipoCrop of File:Parco_della_Grotta_di_Posillipo5.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21845489

Horace, as imagined by Anton von Werner (1843 – 1915 CE) By Anton von Werner - Scan by User:Gabor from the book Bibliothek des allgemeinen und praktischen Wissens. Bd. 5 (1905), Abriß der Weltliteratur, Seite 51., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52353

Latin poet Ovid By Auréola - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7654436

Engraved frontispiece of George Sandys's 1632 London edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses Englished Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=120560

Fictional portrait of Lucian by William Faithorne (1616 – 1691 CE) By William Faithorne - http://x38.xanga.com/022f372171433238557142/b188638311.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6578059

Illustration from 1894 by William Strang depicting a battle scene from Book One of Lucian of Samosata's A True Story By William Strang - https://archive.org/details/lucianstruehisto00luciiala, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26114543

Marble terminal bust of Homer. Roman copy of a lost Hellenistic original of the 2nd c. BC. By Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here.. Original uploader was JW1805 at en.wikipedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2171360

Title page of a 1619 Latin translation of Lucian's complete works By Unknown author - Private collection, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66333153

From a German edition – 1531 CE By Cicero (author) - Houghton Library, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35585691

The City of God , opening text, manuscript (c. 1470 CE) Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=312751 Cover of a translation into English of The Journey of Egeria type published in 1919 CE By Original uploader was Lansbricae at gl.wikipedia - http://www.ccel.org/m/mcclure/etheria/etheria.htmOriginally from gl.wikipedia; description page is/was here., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2312108

Faltonia Proba teaching the history of the world since the Creation through her Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi By Robinet Testard - it.wiki, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2788051

Roman mosaic from Dougga, Tunisia (2nd century CE) showing two slaves carrying wine jars By Pascal Radigue - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4966082

Fresco of Bacchus and Agathodaemon with Mount Vesuvius, as seen in Pompeii's House of the Centenary By WolfgangRieger - Marisa Ranieri Panetta (ed.): Pompeji. Geschichte, Kunst und Leben in der versunkenen Stadt. Belser, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-7630-2266-X, p. 111, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6206088

A modern illustration of the Satyricon By Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) - Bibliothèque gay, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15679001

Encolpius, illustration by Norman Lindsay (1879 – 1969 CE) By Norman Lindsay - http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/5/2/2/5225/5225-h/5225-h.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15625498

Detail from possibly contemporary mosaic (c. 380–500 CE) of Ambrose in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=101915195

Frontispiece and title of the Sixto-Clementine Vulgate (1592 CE) By Aldus Manutius the Younger - https://www.smu.edu/Bridwell/SpecialCollectionsandArchives/Exhibitions/Luther/CounterReformation/BRA2387, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82142844

Horace reads his poems in front of Maecenas, by Fyodor Bronnikov (1827 CE) By Fyodor Bronnikov - http://artpoisk.info/artist/bronnikov_fedor_andreevich_1827/goraciy_chitaet_svoi_satiry_mecenatu/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9882272

Fragment of P. Oxy. 668 CE, with Epitome of Livy XLVII–XLVIII By Unknown author - http://www.psi-online.it/documents/psi;12;1291, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40803573

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