Aulus Gellius: Attic Nights, Volume I, Books 1-5
By: Aulus Gellius
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Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Aulus Gellius (ca. 123-170 CE) is known almost wholly from his "Noctes Atticae, " 'Attic Nights', s…
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17. Aulus Gellius: Attic Nights, Volume I, Books 1-5
By: Aulus Gellius
4.00
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
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18. Aulus Gellius: Attic Nights, Volume II, Books 6-13 (Loeb Classical Library No. 200)
By: Gellius
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Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
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19. Aulus Gellius: Attic Nights, Volume III, Books 14-20 (Loeb Classical Library No. 212)
By: Gellius
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Format: 500 pages, Hardcover
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