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“Taking the volume as a whole, Professor Dill’s Roman society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius must, it seems to me, occupy a place in the first rank of the histories of social life. That place is secured for it by the sanity of its judgments on social phenomena, by the vigour of its not-faultless literary style, and by its very great learning.” Henry Jones.
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“Nowhere else can so full and true an account be found of the conditions of Roman society at this time as in this admirable book.”
| + + + | Ind. 59: 870. O. 12, ‘05. 1070w. |
“And, aside from its inherent importance, its thoughts are so lucidly and attractively expressed that no intelligent reader, whether a Latinist or not, can fail to find it pleasant reading.”
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| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 64. Ja. 28, ‘05. 370w. |
“There is an almost incredible richness and fulness of detail, and yet it is so presented that an intelligible and well-proportioned picture is the result.”
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“Professor Dill has laid under lasting obligation those readers who seek to understand the inner life and moral condition as well as the political and external affairs of a given period. While Professor Dill’s prescribed limitation seems to forestall criticism, the question can hardly be repressed whether his picture of society in pagan Rome is quite complete without mention of the great regenerative force which was gathering strength within its bosom and advancing through bitter conflict to victory.”