Aurelian; or, Rome in the Third CenturyWilliam Ware
Aurelian; or, Rome in the Third Century
William Ware
Novel
Book language: English
357 pages
Aurelian; or, Rome in the Third Century is an epistolary historical novel by William Ware, a sequel to Zenobia. Through letters from Lucius M. Piso in Rome to Fausta at Palmyra, it evokes the Roman world and the age of Emperor Aurelian. It is worth listening for its vivid portrayal of third-century politics and society.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
AURELIAN; OR, Rome in the Third Century IN LETTERS OF LUCIUS M. PISO, FROM ROME, TO FAUSTA, THE DAUGHTER OF GRACCHUS, AT PALMYRA. BY WILLIAM WARE, AUTHOR OF "ZENOBIA," "JULIAN," ETC. FIFTH EDITION. TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE IN ONE. VOL. I. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY JAMES MILLER, (SUCCESSOR TO C. S. FRANCIS & CO.) 647 BROADWAY. 1874. Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1838, By Charles S. Francis, in the Clerk's office of the Southern District of New York. Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year
1866, By Mary Ware, in the Clerk's office of the Southern District of New York. NOTICE. This book—a sequel to Zenobia—published nearly ten years ago under the name of 'Probus,' was soon republished, in several places abroad, under that of 'Aurelian.' So far from complaining of the innovation, I could not but regard it as a piece of good fortune, as I had myself long thought the present a more appropriate title than the one originally chosen. Add to this, that the publisher of the work, on lately proposing a new edition, urgently advised the adoption of the foreign name, and I have thought myself sufficiently warranted in an alteration which circumstances seemed almost to require, or, at least, to excuse. W. W. CONTENTS AURELIAN. LETTER I. LETTER II. LETTER III. LETTER IV. LETTER V. LETTER VI. LETTER VII. LETTER VIII. LETTER IX.
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