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"Volk’s鈥� argument – that the story of the Roman republic of letters is messier and more variable than it has generally been presented – is a compelling one."鈥擭ora Goldschmidt, London Review of Books

"Fascinating. . . . An engrossing guide to an epoch-making decade of western history. The Roman Republic of Letters is an important intervention, and it deserves to be debated widely."鈥擬ichael Fontaine, New Criterion

"An excellent history of late Republican intellectual life that surveys a wide range of Latin prose literature. . . . Volk deeply scrutinizes her subjects in a way that is sensitive to prior studies yet free from their strictures. Her own scholarship tells lively stories, which are not digressive but structured around clear arguments. The result is a book that may be enjoyed by specialists and general readers alike.鈥擯eter Osorio, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"

"Volk鈥檚 lucid prose handles much-debated issues with admirable clarity and balance. . . . [Her] unapologetic passion for Latin language and literature is refreshing, and so is her ability to portray the protagonists of the intellectual revival of the end of the republic as human beings embedded and invested in a specific cultural and historical milieu.鈥擫uca Grillo, Classical Association of Canada"

“The Roman Republic of Letters aims to make sense of the extraordinary flourishing of intellectual activity during the final decades of the Roman Republic by situating this activity within the period’s political uncertainty. As Katharina Volk notes, with few exceptions the chief intellectual and literary figures of the period are also those most deeply enmeshed in political events. Her engaging narrative considers not just specific areas of scholarly and philosophical endeavor, but also the interaction among the various players.”—Anthony Corbeill, University of Virginia

“The Roman Republic of Letters offers an impressively broad-ranging and novel take on the many intellectual currents of the late Roman Republic. Rather than privilege one field of inquiry or debate (philosophy, grammar, rhetoric, religion), Katharina Volk magisterially elucidates the extent to which Roman elites coupled intellectual curiosity and civic tradition amidst the insurmountable political crisis of the Republic’s final years.”—Christopher van den Berg, Amherst College