This selection of short poems provides an insight into Roman attitudes towards life in the country and life in the city.
The Stories
The city, hour by hour Page 72
Martial, Epigrams IV.8
The sights ... of the countrysidePage 74
Ovid, Remedia Amoris 175-84 and 187-90
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Thoughts of home Page 76
Ovid, Ex Ponto I.VIII.29-38
A country springPage 78
Horace, Odes III.13
The town mouse and country mousePage 80
Horace, Satires II.6.79-117
