Lays of Ancient Rome: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Lays of Ancient Rome, credited to Thomas Babington Macaulay, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Lays of Ancient Rome by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Read in English by Readerad. The Lays of Ancient Rome are four narrative poems by the English historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay. Each poem tells a famous story from Rome's mythic history. Although these are original poems in English, Macaulay wrote them as if they were the works of ancient Roman bards. The Lays of Ancient Rome were immensely popular in the nineteenth century and inspired the English-speaking world by their celebration of heroic and imperial values. - Summary by Readerad

Recording facts

• Recording title: Lays of Ancient Rome
• Author credits: Thomas Babington Macaulay
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 9
• Listed recording duration: 2:39:48

Catalogue topics

• rome
• lays
• Virginia
• horatius
• the battle of lake regillus
• the prophecy of capys

Track guide

1. 01 - Preface — 31:24
2. 02 - Introduction to Horatius — 4:57
3. 03 - Horatius — 21:28
4. 04 - Introduction to The Battle of the Lake Regillus — 14:44
5. 05 - The Battle of the Lake Regillus — 28:48
6. 06 - Introduction to Virginia — 15:22
7. 07 - Virginia — 20:54
8. 08 - Introduction to The Prophecy of Capys — 10:01
9. 09 - The Prophecy of Capys — 12:10

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