# Shakespeare's Roman plays and their background

Author: MacCallum, Mungo William, Sir, 1854-1942

Genre: Category: Plays/Films/Dramas

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69937

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Shakespeare%27s+Roman+plays+and+their+background+MacCallum&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Plays that dealt with the History of Rome were frequent on the Elizabethan stage, and all portions of it were laid under contribution. Subjects were taken from legends of the dawn like the story of Lucretia, and from rumours of the dusk like the story of Lucina; from Roman pictures of barbarian allies like Massinissa in the South, or barbarian antagonists like Caractacus in the North; as well as from the intimate records of home affairs and the careers of the great magnates of the Republic or Empire. But these plays belong more distinctively to the Stuart than to the Tudor section of the period loosely named after Elizabeth, and few have survived that were composed before the beginning of...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Act III., Ventidius’ halt in his career of victory and its reason,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/12/index.md)
- [vi. 84 and 109) and not as in Plutarch, disapproves the cessation of](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shakespeare-s-roman-plays-and-their-background-69937/chapters/11/index.md)