Lays of Ancient Rome

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Lays of Ancient Rome
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay
Edition year 1988
Binding Silk
Weight 0.5 Kg
Pages 89
Dimensions 25 × 16.3 cm

Edition details

Lays of Ancient Rome by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Typographical ornaments. Printed in red and black. Pink flecked endleaves. Quarter-bound in dark red moire silk with marbled paper covers, spine and cover labels. Glassine cover, no slipcase. 89pp. 25x16.3cm.

About the book

Thomas Babington Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome is a collection of narrative poems inspired by legendary episodes from the history of ancient Rome. The best known is "Horatius," which recounts the heroic defence of a bridge against the invading Etruscan army. Written in a vigorous, ballad-like style, the poems celebrate courage, loyalty, patriotism and sacrifice. Macaulay imagined them as the kind of popular heroic songs that ancient Romans themselves might have told about their past, creating a memorable mixture of history, legend and Victorian storytelling.

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