Roman antiquities : or an account of the manners and customs of the Romans designed to illustrate the Latin classics, by explaining words and phrases, from the rites and customs to which they refer / with numerous notes and improved indices by James Boyd with additional notes by Lorenzo L. Da Ponte (Still Image)

Roman antiquities : or an account of the manners and customs of the Romans designed to illustrate the Latin classics, by explaining words and phrases, from the rites and customs to which they refer / with numerous notes and improved indices by James Boyd with additional notes by Lorenzo L. Da Ponte

Adam, Alexander, 1741-1809

x, 439 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. 22 cm

8th ed

Includes bibliographical references and index

Alexander Adam (1741 – 1809) was a Scottish teacher and writer on Roman antiquities.

 From his earliest years he showed uncommon diligence and perseverance in classical studies, notwithstanding many difficulties and privations. In 1757 he went to Edinburgh, where he studied at the university. His reputation as a classical scholar secured him a post as assistant at Watson's Hospital and the headmastership in 1761.

In 1764 he became private tutor to Alexander Kincaid, afterwards Lord Provost of Edinburgh, by whose influence he was appointed in 1768 to the rectorship of the High School on the retirement of Mr Matheson, whose substitute he had been for some time before. From this period he devoted himself entirely to the duties of his office and to the preparation of his numerous works on classical literature. His popularity and success as a teacher are strikingly illustrated by the great increase in the number of his pupils, many of whom subsequently became distinguished men, among them being Walter Scott, Lord Brougham and Francis Jeffrey

He succeeded in introducing the study of Greek into the curriculum of the school, notwithstanding the opposition of the university headed by Principal William Robertson. In 1780 the University of Edinburgh conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

Roman Antiquities (1791) is  his best known work, passed through a large number of editions and received the unusual compliment of a German translation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Adam

Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities

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DG76 .A18 1842

New York : W. E. Dean, 1842

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