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, sounds and seasons of the countryside Page 74
Ovid, Remedia Amoris 175-84 and 187-90
Thoughts of home Page 76
Ovid, Ex Ponto I.VIII.29-38
Horace, Odes III.13
The town mouse and the country mouse Page 80
Horace, Satires II.6.79-117