Primary sources are the original works themselves. The Library owns many volumes from the Loeb Classical Library published by Harvard University Press. Many Latin authors are represented. Each volume contains the original Latin, with an English translation on facing pages.
Following is a selection of books about Latin literature to get you started.
On the commonwealth and On the laws
by
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Lucretius De rerum natura IV edited with translation and commentary by John Godwin.
by
Lucretius.
On the nature of things
by
Lucretius.
Memorable doings and sayings
by
Valerius Maximus.
Secondary sources are works that discuss the works found in primary sources.
Following is a selection of books about Latin literature to get you started.
These are just a few:
Texts and transmission : a survey of the Latin classics
by
Reynolds, L.D.
Ancient Roman writers [electronic resource]
by
Briggs, Ward W. (ed.)
Latin literature
by
Braund, Susanna Morton.
Latin textual criticism in antiquity
by
Zetzel, James E. G.
Remembering the Roman people : essays on late-Republican politics and literature
by
Wiseman, T. P. (Timothy Peter)
Constantine : Roman emperor, Christian victor
by
Stephenson, Paul