A moral and political tradition that had evolved from the ideal of the Roman nobility was the nearest the Romans came to formulating a philosophy of history and a theory of historical process. This tradition became the standard of conduct for all educated Romans, and Dr Earl here examines the development of the dominant moral values through the full course of Roman history, as they were interpreted by major authors of the period.Traces the evolution of Roman ethical and political concepts through a study of important writers from the second century B.C. to the fifth century A.D.
