Readers and reading culture in the high Roman Empire : a study of elite communities /

"In Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire, William Johnson examines the system and culture of reading among the elite in second-century Rome. The investigation proceeds in case-study fashion using the principal surviving witnesses, beginning with the communities of Pliny and Taci...

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Main Author:	Johnson, William A. (William Allen), 1956-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Series:	Classical culture and society.
Subjects:	Books and reading > Rome. Rome > Intellectual life.
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