Los placeres de la literatura latina

Latin literature is essentially that of the history of Rome; a literature rich in civil spirit that, from the republican and conquering era to the triumphant imperial period, always strove to define the fundamental values on which the affirmation of its culture was based. From literary prose to moral poetry and theater, from the august era to that of the rhetoric... The essential identity of Latin literature forms the backbone of this delightful and exciting journey in which Pierre Grimal, one of the most prominent popularizers of Roman civilization wisely travels the meanders of the brilliant individual personalities -Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Seneca, Petronio, Tacitus, Lucilio, Terence or Cicero-, linking them opportunely with the great currents linked to the political and spiritual destiny of one of the most splendid civilizations in the history of mankind.