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I have attempted in this book to provide something of an introduction to the poetical literature of the post-Augustan age.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

But whatever the explanation is, the catch-phrases extracted from Pope’s most popular work become the touchstones of post-Augustan satire.

From The Methodist A Poem by Lloyd, Evan

In reading the lives of the chief post-Augustan writers we are struck by the fact that many, if not most of them, held offices of state.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

In post-Augustan Latin gentilis became wider in meaning, following the usage of gens, in the sense of race, nation, and meant “national,” belonging to the same race.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

For the post-Augustan age our evidence as to their development is very scanty.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth