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Apuleius was born in 125.

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Apuleius died in 180.

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His name was Lucius Apuleius.

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'Cupid and Psyche' was written by Apuleius.

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Apuleius has written:

'Das Herbarium Apuleii' -- subject(s): Botany, Botany, Medical, English language, Grammar, Medical Botany, Medicine, Medieval, Medieval Medicine, Pre-Linnean works

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David Londey has written:

'The logic of Apuleius' -- subject(s): Ancient Logic

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Cupid and Psyche was a side-story in a book called "Metamorphoses", written by Lucius Apuleius. The book was later retitled "The Golden Ass" (Asinus aureus) by St Augustine, and is the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety.

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The story of Psyche first appears in a book of stories written by Apuleius in the second century AD - The Golden Ass.

The story appears as a story (a work of fiction); we do not know if Apuleius based his tale on an earlier myth, but Apuleius himself tells the story as fiction: he doesn't believe it is true, and he does not expect his readers to believe it.

In Apuleius' tale Psyche's father has no name; he doesn't need one, since he is not a major character in the story.

One of the big differences between a tale (definitely fictional) and a myth (possibly true) is that in a tale non-essential detail is regularly omitted (it doesn't matter) whereas in a myth it is often included (if a thing is true, who knows what aspects are important, and which are not)? Her father's name is not mentioned. Only that Pyche was a beiutiful human girl, who stirred the envy of Venus.

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Chauncey Edgar Finch has written:

'The Urbana manuscript of Apuleius' -- subject(s): Latin Manuscripts, Manuscripts

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Apuleius was a Roman writer, not Greek.

He says only that Voluptas (Pleasure) [Hedone} was born to Psyche and Cupid a full term after they were wed.

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Max Bernhard has written:

'Der Stil des Apuleius von Madaura' -- subject- s -: Latin language, Literary style, Style

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Lucius isn't IN the story of Cupid and Psyche. The most well-known version of the story is attributed TO him. His name was Lucius Apuleius.

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Rome made many contributions to literature. Here are just some of them. The works of Virgil and Horace. The works of Cicero. The first novel by Petronius Arbiter, the writings of Apuleius. The works of Seneca.

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The story of Cupid and Psyche is a myth from ancient Greece, believed to have been written in the 2nd century CE by the Roman writer Apuleius in his novel "The Golden Ass." The exact time in which the myth is set is not specific, as it is a fictional tale.

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The ancient Greeks INVENTED math. See "Life of Pythagoras" by Iamblichus, Diogenes Laertius "Vitae philosophorum VIII", Porphyry "Life of Pythagoras" Apuleius "Apologia" and Hierocles of Alexandria "Golden Verses of Pythagoras".

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Yes, surprisingly enough, the highest paid athlete of all-time is a Roman horse. A Roman charioteer named Gaius Apuleius Diocles earned the equivalent of over $15 billion over a 24-year career, giving him the title of the highest-paid athlete of all time.

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The following saints are memorialized on October 7:

Adalgis of Novara

Apuleius of Capua

Artaldus

Augustus of Bourges

Bacchus

Canog

Chiara Badano

Dubtach of Armagh

Gerold of Cologne

Helanus

Julia the Martyr

Justina of Padua

Marcellus of Capua

Mark, Pope

Our Lady of the Rosary

Osith

Palladius of Saintes

Sergius the Martyr

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he following saints are memorialized on October 7: Adalgis of Novara

Apuleius of Capua

Artaldus

Augustus of Bourges

Bacchus

Canog

Chiara Badano

Dubtach of Armagh

Gerold of Cologne

Helanus

Julia the Martyr

Justina of Padua

Marcellus of Capua

Mark, Pope

Our Lady of the Rosary

Osith

Palladius of Saintes

Sergius the Martyr

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The most prominent Roman writers were the three canonic poets of Latin literature: Virgil, Horace and Ovid. Other important poets were Tibullus and Propertius. The first novel was written by Petronius, which was a satire. Another great satirist was Juvenal. Martial was the master of the epigram (a brief and sometimes surprising satirical statement). Apuleius wrote an important novel.

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There were many Roman satirists, satire was a genre of Latin literature. Satire was not used to attack the city of Rome. It was used rise questions about morality, superstition and habits and to mock the hypocrisy found in society. It used laughter as a tool for self-criticism.

Famous Roman satirists were Lucilius, Horace, Petronius, Martial, Juvenal and Apuleius.

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Alexander Scobie has written:

'Hitler's state architecture' -- subject(s): Architecture and state, National socialism and architecture

'Apuleius and folklore' -- subject(s): Folklore, Folklore in literature, Knowledge, Metamorphosis in literature, Oral tradition, Witchcraft in literature

'More essays on the ancient romance and its heritage' -- subject(s): Civilization, Ancient, in literature, Classical fiction, History and criticism

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Cupid and Psyche are characters from Roman mythology who were involved in a romantic relationship despite challenges and obstacles. Their story symbolizes themes of love, trust, and perseverance, and is often interpreted as an allegory for the soul's journey towards union with the divine.

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The Greek personification of the soul loved by Eros is known as Psyche. She is typically portrayed as a beautiful mortal princess who becomes the wife of Eros (Cupid) in several mythical tales, including the Roman novel "The Golden Ass" by Apuleius. The story of Psyche and Eros symbolizes the union of the soul and love.

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The phrase "rarity wins if familiarity breeds contempt" means that things or people that are rare or unique often hold more value or appreciation compared to those that are common and familiar, which might lead to disdain or neglect. This suggests that sometimes maintaining a sense of mystery or uniqueness can sustain interest and respect.

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The first recorded fairy tale is believed to be "The Tale of Cupid and Psyche," which was written in the 2nd century CE by Lucius Apuleius. It is a Roman myth that was later adapted into a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.

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Cupid was the son of Venus, a father never mentioned. (Greek Eros usually seen as the son of Ares).

In the novel by Apuleius, 'The Golden Ass' where the tale of Cupid and Psyche is told, Psyche is the most beautiful on earth. Her parents have no place in that story. In retelling the tale one has often made her the daughter of a king, no name.

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You can read the story "Cupid and Psyche" in the Latin novel "Metamorphoses" also known as "The Golden Ass," written by Apuleius. It is a tale within this larger work, often found in collections of mythology or classical literature. Additionally, various adaptations and retellings of the story exist in different forms of media.

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The story of Cupid and Psyche is a Roman myth that highlights the power of love and the importance of trust. It follows the journey of Psyche, a mortal princess, and Cupid, the god of love, as they overcome obstacles and find true love despite challenges and interferences from others. The story serves as a timeless reminder of the strength of love and the importance of perseverance in the face of adversity.

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Somewhere in Transylvania. Count Vlad Dracula, aka "the impaler" was said to have portraits of himself among the impaled corpses of his enemies, thus the rumor began that the Count was a cannibal, starting the Vampire myth.

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The cast of Costantino il grande - 1961 includes: Lia Angeleri as Clavia, Christian Tino Carraro as Emperor Maximianus Elisa Cegani as Elena Franco Fantasia as Roman Soldier Lauro Gazzolo as Amodius Nando Gazzolo as Licinius Veriano Ginesi as Torturer Loris Gizzi as Roman Prosecutor Christine Kaufmann as Livia Belinda Lee as Fausta Carlo Ninchi as Constantius Chlorus Annibale Ninchi as Galarius Vittorio Sanipoli as Apuleius Massimo Serato as Maxentius Carlo Tamberlani as Diocletian Renato Terra as Jailer Fausto Tozzi as Hadrian Cornel Wilde as Constantine

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Aesop's Fables- he was Greek, but still very relevant in Rome. http://www.aesopfables.com/

Ovid's Metamorphoses- http://classics.mit.edu/Ovid/metam.html

Apuleius' Golden Ass- it is a novel, but is composed of many short stories and tales. http://www.jnanam.net/golden-ass/#ed

There are many more, but those are my favorites.

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Thomas Taylor has written:

'Superprose'

'The Dissertations Of Maximum Tyrius'

'The Biggest Splash'

'Collected Writings Of Plotinus'

'Proclus the Neoplatonic Philosopher'

'The Hymns of Orpheus With a Preliminary Dissertation on the Life and Theology of Orpheus to Which Is Added the Essay of Plotinus Concerning the Beautiful'

'The Platonic Theology Proclus in Six Books (Books I-III. Vol. 1)'

'The Life Of St. Samson Of Dol'

'Introduction to the Writings and Life of Apuleius'

'Select Works of Plotinus'

'Lightning in the Storm'

'The infidel's confession'

'The Loudest Roar (Well World)'

'Mystical Hymns of Orpheus'

'An Introduction to the Works of Plotinus'

'The Physics Or Physical Auscultation Of Aristotle'

'George and Sophie's Museum Adventure'

'A Memoir Of The Reverend John Howe'

'Back Yard Batting Cage (Sports Story Series) Vol.2'

'On The Soul:'

'Iamblichus' Life of Pythagoras'

'Der Einzug des Nichts ins Sein' -- subject(s): Philosophy

'Pythagorean Precepts'

'The Commentaries of Proclus on the Timaeus of Plato - 1820'

'Remarks upon remarks: or some animadversions'

'Tick! Tock! Jungle Clock'

'Exposition of Titus'

'The Theology Of Plato'

'A Dissertation On The Philosophy Of Aristotle In Four Books'

'Sixteen lectures upon the Epistles to seven churches of Asia'

'Iamblichus on the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians'

'Theoretic Arithmetic of the Pythagoreans'

'Iamblichus' Life of Pythagoras or Pythagoric Life'

'The Life Of William Cowper'

'Redeeming Grace displayed to the chief of sinners'

'Hymns and Initiations'

'The Loudest Roar'

'Numeros, Los'

'Metamorphosis or Golden Ass of Apuleius'

'George and Sophie's Museum Adventure'

'Cosmic Poetics'

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In Greek mythology, Psyche was a mortal woman who was the wife of Eros, the god of love. She is known for her beauty and the challenges she faced in trying to win back the love of Eros after betraying his trust. Psyche's story is often seen as a symbol of the soul's journey toward love and self-discovery.

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Pasquale J. Accardo has written:

'The metamorphosis of Apuleius' -- subject(s): Adaptations, History and criticism, King Kong (Fictitious character), Beauty and the beast (Tale), Eros (Greek deity) in literature, Monsters in literature, Fairy tales, Psyche (Greek deity) in literature

'Diagnosis and detection' -- subject(s): Detective and mystery stories, Knowledge, Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character), Sherlock Holmes, History and criticism, Medicine in literature, Literature and medicine, Characters, Medicine, Private investigators in literature

'Failure to Thrive in Infancy and Childhood'

'The medical almanac' -- subject(s): Medicine, Physicians, Biography

'Capute & Accardo's Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in Infancy and Childhood'

'Dictionary of developmental disabilities terminology' -- subject(s): Developmental Disabilities, Developmental disabilities, Dictionary, English, Dictionaries, Child development deviations

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Psyche was a daughter of mortals. She had two more sisters. Cupid, the god of love, fell in love with her. They had a daughter Hedone/ Pleasure.

Psyche, the soul of humans, was exploited by the philosophers of the ancient times as well as by all religions. The majority accept that Psyche is immortal.

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Soul.

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Psyche never was part of Greek mythology. The word is Greek for soul (as in psychology). Not until about about 160 AD does Psyche appear as a person, and it was in a piece of Roman fiction. The Roman philosopher and writer Lucius Apuleius wrote a long story called The Golden Ass. In this an old woman tells about Cupid and Psyche and in her tale Psyche is taken into the company of the Greek deities, or rather their Roman counterparts.

In Roman mythology, she is the girl whom Cupid fell in love with. She is said to be beautiful than Venus, Goddess of Love and Beauty herself. Since Venus wont stop in making Psyche suffer, Cupid ask Zeus for help and make Psyche as a Goddess. Goddess of soul.

I don't get why there's all these answers for where she came from. Psyche was the goddess of the soul, and that's the answer to the question.

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Teun A. van Dijk is a Dutch linguist and discourse analyst known for his work on critical discourse analysis and the study of power and ideology in discourse. He has written extensively on topics such as racism, media discourse, and political discourse analysis.

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The Imazighen (singular: Amazigh) also known as the Berbers, they are the ethnic group indigenous to North Africa (Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Azawad)

Some of the best known of the ancient Berbers are : The king Sheshonk I who ruled Egypt in 945 BC, Carthaginian leader Hannibal, The Mauretanian king Bocchus I, king Ptolemy of Mauretania, The Numidian king Masinissa, king Jugurtha, the Berber-Roman emperor Septimius Severus, the Berber-Roman author Apuleius who was the first man to write a novel, Saint Augustine of Hippo and the Berber-Roman general Lusius Quietus, who was instrumental in defeating the major wave of Jewish revolts of 115-117. Also Dihya, was a female Berber religious and military leader who led a fierce Berber resistance against the Arab expansion in east of north Africa. Prince Aksil was a 7th-century leader from Algeria who led wars against Arabs.

Famous Berbers of the Middle Ages include (Yusuf ibn Tashfin, king of the Berber Almoravid empire) (Tariq ibn Ziyad, the general who conquered Hispania) (Abbas Ibn Firnas, a prolific inventor scientist and early pioneer in aviation, he was the first man to fly) (Ibn Battuta, a medieval explorer who traveled the longest known distances in pre-modern times) .

Well-known modern Berbers in Europe include Zinedine Zidane, a French-born international football star of Algerian Kabyle descent. Ibrahim Afellay a Dutch-born footballer of Moroccan Riffian descent. Idir, a famous singer of Kabyle Algerian descent.

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Plato received a rigorous education in mathematics, philosophy, and athletics, as was typical for young aristocratic men of his time in ancient Greece. He studied under the philosopher Socrates and later founded his own school, the Academy, where he continued to teach and write influential philosophical works.

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Anubis is a god of ancinet Egyptian religion, it is not recorded when he was born nor where, and those who study that mythology may become frustrated to realize Anubis does not even have clear parentage.

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"Cupid and Psyche" is a tale from Apuleius' novel "The Golden Ass." It follows the story of Psyche, a mortal princess who incurs the jealousy of Venus, the goddess of love. Cupid, Venus's son, falls in love with Psyche and they embark on a tumultuous journey filled with trials and tribulations before ultimately finding happiness together.

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Algerian officials and activists believe that this is a good first step and hope that this move would encourage broader reparation.Tensions between Algeria and Morocco in relation to the Western Sahara have been an obstacle to tightening the Arab Maghreb Union, nominally established in 1989, but which has carried little practical weight. The military of Algeria consists of the People's National Army (ANP), the Algerian National Navy (MRA), and the Algerian Air Force (QJJ), plus the Territorial Air Defence Forces. It is the direct successor of the National Liberation Army (Armée de Libération Nationale or ALN), the armed wing of the nationalist National Liberation Front which fought French colonial occupation during the Algerian War of Independence (1954–62). Total military personnel include 147,000 active, 150,000 reserve, and 187,000 paramilitary staff (2008 estimate). Service in the military is compulsory for men aged 19–30, for a total of 12 months. The military expenditure was 4.3% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012. Algeria has the second largest military in North Africa with the largest defence budget in Africa ($10 billion). Most of Algeria's weapons are imported from Russia, with whom they are a close ally.In 2007, the Algerian Air Force signed a deal with Russia to purchase 49 MiG-29SMT and 6 MiG-29UBT at an estimated cost of $1.9 billion. Russia is also building two 636-type diesel submarines for Algeria. Algeria has been categorized by Freedom House as "not free" since it began publishing such ratings in 1972, with the exception of 1989, 1990, and 1991, when the country was labeled "partly free." In December 2016, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor issued a report regarding violation of media freedom in Algeria. It clarified that the Algerian government imposed restriction on freedom of the press; expression; and right to peaceful demonstration, protest and assembly as well as intensified censorship of the media and websites. Due to the fact that the journalists and activists criticize the ruling government, some media organizations' licenses are cancelled.Independent and autonomous trade unions face routine harassment from the government, with many leaders imprisoned and protests suppressed. In 2016 a number of unions, many of which were involved in the 2010–2012 Algerian Protests, have been deregistered by the government.Homosexuality is illegal in Algeria. Public homosexual behavior is punishable by up to two years in prison.Human Rights Watch has accused the Algerian authorities of using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to prevent pro-democracy movements and protests in the country, leading to the arrest of youths as part of social distancing. Algeria is divided into 58 provinces (wilayas), 553 districts (daïras) and 1,541 municipalities (baladiyahs). Each province, district, and municipality is named after its seat, which is usually the largest city. The administrative divisions have changed several times since independence. When introducing new provinces, the numbers of old provinces are kept, hence the non-alphabetical order. With their official numbers, currently (since 1983) they are Algeria is classified as an upper middle income country by the World Bank. Algeria's currency is the dinar (DZD). The economy remains dominated by the state, a legacy of the country's socialist post-independence development model. In recent years, the Algerian government has halted the privatization of state-owned industries and imposed restrictions on imports and foreign involvement in its economy. These restrictions are just starting to be lifted off recently although questions about Algeria's slowly-diversifying economy remain. Algeria has struggled to develop industries outside hydrocarbons in part because of high costs and an inert state bureaucracy. The government's efforts to diversify the economy by attracting foreign and domestic investment outside the energy sector have done little to reduce high youth unemployment rates or to address housing shortages. The country is facing a number of short-term and medium-term problems, including the need to diversify the economy, strengthen political, economic and financial reforms, improve the business climate and reduce inequalities amongst regions.A wave of economic protests in February and March 2011 prompted the Algerian government to offer more than $23 billion in public grants and retroactive salary and benefit increases. Public spending has increased by 27% annually during the past 5 years. The 2010–14 public-investment programme will cost US$286 billion, 40% of which will go to human development. The Algerian economy grew by 2.6% in 2011, driven by public spending, in particular in the construction and public-works sector, and by growing internal demand. If hydrocarbons are excluded, growth has been estimated at 4.8%. Growth of 3% is expected in 2012, rising to 4.2% in 2013. The rate of inflation was 4% and the budget deficit 3% of GDP. The current-account surplus is estimated at 9.3% of GDP and at the end of December 2011, official reserves were put at US$182 billion. Inflation, the lowest in the region, has remained stable at 4% on average between 2003 and 2007. In 2011 Algeria announced a budgetary surplus of $26.9 billion, 62% increase in comparison to 2010 surplus. In general, the country exported $73 billion worth of commodities while it imported $46 billion.Thanks to strong hydrocarbon revenues, Algeria has a cushion of $173 billion in foreign currency reserves and a large hydrocarbon stabilization fund. In addition, Algeria's external debt is extremely low at about 2% of GDP. The economy remains very dependent on hydrocarbon wealth, and, despite high foreign exchange reserves (US$178 billion, equivalent to three years of imports), current expenditure growth makes Algeria's budget more vulnerable to the risk of prolonged lower hydrocarbon revenues.In 2011, the agricultural sector and services recorded growth of 10% and 5.3%, respectively. About 14% of the labor force are employed in the agricultural sector. Fiscal policy in 2011 remained expansionist and made it possible to maintain the pace of public investment and to contain the strong demand for jobs and housing.Algeria has not joined the WTO, despite several years of negotiations.In March 2006, Russia agreed to erase $4.74 billion of Algeria's Soviet-era debt during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the country, the first by a Russian leader in half a century. In return, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika agreed to buy $7.5 billion worth of combat planes, air-defence systems and other arms from Russia, according to the head of Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport.Dubai-based conglomerate Emarat Dzayer Group said it had signed a joint venture agreement to develop a $1.6 billion steel factory in Algeria. Algeria, whose economy is reliant on petroleum, has been an OPEC member since 1969. Its crude oil production stands at around 1.1 million barrels/day, but it is also a major gas producer and exporter, with important links to Europe. Hydrocarbons have long been the backbone of the economy, accounting for roughly 60% of budget revenues, 30% of GDP, and over 95% of export earnings. Algeria has the 10th-largest reserves of natural gas in the world and is the sixth-largest gas exporter. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that in 2005, Algeria had 4.5 trillion cubic metres (160×10^12 cu ft) of proven natural-gas reserves. It also ranks 16th in oil reserves.Non-hydrocarbon growth for 2011 was projected at 5%. To cope with social demands, the authorities raised expenditure, especially on basic food support, employment creation, support for SMEs, and higher salaries. High hydrocarbon prices have improved the current account and the already large international reserves position.Income from oil and gas rose in 2011 as a result of continuing high oil prices, though the trend in production volume is downwards. Production from the oil and gas sector in terms of volume, continues to decline, dropping from 43.2 million tonnes to 32 million tonnes between 2007 and 2011. Nevertheless, the sector accounted for 98% of the total volume of exports in 2011, against 48% in 1962, and 70% of budgetary receipts, or US$71.4 billion.The Algerian national oil company is Sonatrach, which plays a key role in all aspects of the oil and natural gas sectors in Algeria. All foreign operators must work in partnership with Sonatrach, which usually has majority ownership in production-sharing agreements.Access to biocapacity in Algeria is lower than world average. In 2016, Algeria had 0.53 global hectares of biocapacity per person within its territory, much less than the world average of 1.6 global hectares per person. In 2016 Algeria used 2.4 global hectares of biocapacity per person - their ecological footprint of consumption. This means they use just under 4.5 times as much biocapacity as Algeria contains. As a result, Algeria is running a biocapacity deficit. 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About 90% of Algerians live in the northern, coastal area; the inhabitants of the Sahara desert are mainly concentrated in oases, although some 1.5 million remain nomadic or partly nomadic. 28.1% of Algerians are under the age of 15.Women make up 70% of the country's lawyers and 60% of its judges and also dominate the field of medicine. Increasingly, women are contributing more to household income than men. 60% of university students are women, according to university researchers.Between 90,000 and 165,000 Sahrawis from Western Sahara live in the Sahrawi refugee camps, in the western Algerian Sahara desert. There are also more than 4,000 Palestinian refugees, who are well integrated and have not asked for assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 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The largest of these are the Kabyles, who live in the Kabylie region east of Algiers, the Chaoui of Northeast Algeria, the Tuaregs in the southern desert and the Shenwa people of North Algeria.During the colonial period, there was a large (10% in 1960) European population who became known as Pied-Noirs. They were primarily of French, Spanish and Italian origin. Almost all of this population left during the war of independence or immediately after its end. Modern Standard Arabic and Berber are the official languages. Algerian Arabic (Darja) is the language used by the majority of the population. Colloquial Algerian Arabic is heavily infused with borrowings from French and Berber. Berber has been recognised as a "national language" by the constitutional amendment of 8 May 2002. Kabyle, the predominant Berber language, is taught and is partially co-official (with a few restrictions) in parts of Kabylie. In February 2016, the Algerian constitution passed a resolution that would make Berber an official language alongside Arabic. Although French has no official status, Algeria is the second-largest Francophone country in the world in terms of speakers, and French is widely used in government, media (newspapers, radio, local television), and both the education system (from primary school onwards) and academia due to Algeria's colonial history. It can be regarded as a lingua franca of Algeria. In 2008, 11.2 million Algerians could read and write in French. An Abassa Institute study in April 2000 found that 60% of households could speak and understand French or 18 million in a population of 30 million then. After an earlier period during which the Algerian government tried to phase out French, in recent decades the government has backtracked and reinforced the study of French, and some television programs are broadcast in the language. Algeria emerged as a bilingual state after 1962. Colloquial Algerian Arabic is spoken by about 72% of the population and Berber by 27–30%. Islam is the predominant religion in Algeria, with its adherents, mostly Sunnis, accounting for 99% of the population according to a 2012 CIA World Factbook estimate, and 97.9% according to Pew Research in 2010. There are about 150,000 Ibadis in the M'zab Valley in the region of Ghardaia. Estimates of the Christian population range from 60,000 to 200,000. Algerian citizens who are Christians predominantly belong to Protestant groups, which have seen increased pressure from the government in recent years including many forced closures.Algeria has given the Muslim world a number of prominent thinkers, including Emir Abdelkader, Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Mouloud Kacem Naît Belkacem, Malek Bennabi and Mohamed Arkoun. In 2002, Algeria had inadequate numbers of physicians (1.13 per 1,000 people), nurses (2.23 per 1,000 people), and dentists (0.31 per 1,000 people). Access to "improved water sources" was limited to 92% of the population in urban areas and 80% of the population in the rural areas. Some 99% of Algerians living in urban areas, but only 82% of those living in rural areas, had access to "improved sanitation". According to the World Bank, Algeria is making progress toward its goal of "reducing by half the number of people without sustainable access to improved drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015". Given Algeria's young population, policy favors preventive health care and clinics over hospitals. In keeping with this policy, the government maintains an immunization program. However, poor sanitation and unclean water still cause tuberculosis, hepatitis, measles, typhoid fever, cholera and dysentery. The poor generally receive health care free of charge.Health records have been maintained in Algeria since 1882 and began adding Muslims living in the south to their vital record database in 1905 during French rule. Since the 1970s, in a centralised system that was designed to significantly reduce the rate of illiteracy, the Algerian government introduced a decree by which school attendance became compulsory for all children aged between 6 and 15 years who have the ability to track their learning through the 20 facilities built since independence, now the literacy rate is around 78.7%. Since 1972, Arabic is used as the language of instruction during the first nine years of schooling. From the third year, French is taught and it is also the language of instruction for science classes. The students can also learn English, Italian, Spanish and German. In 2008, new programs at the elementary appeared, therefore the compulsory schooling does not start at the age of six anymore, but at the age of five. Apart from the 122 private schools, the Universities of the State are free of charge. After nine years of primary school, students can go to the high school or to an educational institution. The school offers two programs: general or technical. At the end of the third year of secondary school, students pass the exam of the baccalaureate, which allows once it is successful to pursue graduate studies in universities and institutes.Education is officially compulsory for children between the ages of six and 15. In 2008, the illiteracy rate for people over 10 was 22.3%, 15.6% for men and 29.0% for women. The province with the lowest rate of illiteracy was Algiers Province at 11.6%, while the province with the highest rate was Djelfa Province at 35.5%.Algeria has 26 universities and 67 institutions of higher education, which must accommodate a million Algerians and 80,000 foreign students in 2008. The University of Algiers, founded in 1879, is the oldest, it offers education in various disciplines (law, medicine, science and letters). 25 of these universities and almost all of the institutions of higher education were founded after the independence of the country. Even if some of them offer instruction in Arabic like areas of law and the economy, most of the other sectors as science and medicine continue to be provided in French and English. Among the most important universities, there are the University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, the University of Mentouri Constantine, and University of Oran Es-Senia. The University of Abou Bekr Belkaïd in Tlemcen and University of Batna Hadj Lakhdar occupy the 26th and 45th row in Africa. Below is a list of the most important Algerian cities: Modern Algerian literature, split between Arabic, Tamazight and French, has been strongly influenced by the country's recent history. Famous novelists of the 20th century include Mohammed Dib, Albert Camus, Kateb Yacine and Ahlam Mosteghanemi while Assia Djebar is widely translated. Among the important novelists of the 1980s were Rachid Mimouni, later vice-president of Amnesty International, and Tahar Djaout, murdered by an Islamist group in 1993 for his secularist views.Malek Bennabi and Frantz Fanon are noted for their thoughts on decolonization; Augustine of Hippo was born in Tagaste (modern-day Souk Ahras); and Ibn Khaldun, though born in Tunis, wrote the Muqaddima while staying in Algeria. The works of the Sanusi family in pre-colonial times, and of Emir Abdelkader and Sheikh Ben Badis in colonial times, are widely noted. The Latin author Apuleius was born in Madaurus (Mdaourouch), in what later became Algeria. Contemporary Algerian cinema is various in terms of genre, exploring a wider range of themes and issues. There has been a transition from cinema which focused on the war of independence to films more concerned with the everyday lives of Algerians. Algerian painters, like Mohamed Racim or Baya, attempted to revive the prestigious Algerian past prior to French colonization, at the same time that they have contributed to the preservation of the authentic values of Algeria. In this line, Mohamed Temam, Abdelkhader Houamel have also returned through this art, scenes from the history of the country, the habits and customs of the past and the country life. Other new artistic currents including the one of M'hamed Issiakhem, Mohammed Khadda and Bachir Yelles, appeared on the scene of Algerian painting, abandoning figurative classical painting to find new pictorial ways, in order to adapt Algerian paintings to the new realities of the country through its struggle and its aspirations. Mohammed Khadda and M'hamed Issiakhem have been notable in recent years. The historic roots of Algerian literature go back to the Numidian and Roman African era, when Apuleius wrote The Golden Ass, the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety. This period had also known Augustine of Hippo, Nonius Marcellus and Martianus Capella, among many others. The Middle Ages have known many Arabic writers who revolutionized the Arab world literature, with authors like Ahmad al-Buni, Ibn Manzur and Ibn Khaldoun, who wrote the Muqaddimah while staying in Algeria, and many others. Albert Camus was an Algerian-born French Pied-Noir author. In 1957 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. Today Algeria contains, in its literary landscape, big names having not only marked the Algerian literature, but also the universal literary heritage in Arabic and French. As a first step, Algerian literature was marked by works whose main concern was the assertion of the Algerian national entity, there is the publication of novels as the Algerian trilogy of Mohammed Dib, or even Nedjma of Kateb Yacine novel which is often regarded as a monumental and major work. Other known writers will contribute to the emergence of Algerian literature whom include Mouloud Feraoun, Malek Bennabi, Malek Haddad, Moufdi Zakaria, Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Mohamed Laïd Al-Khalifa, Mouloud Mammeri, Frantz Fanon, and Assia Djebar. In the aftermath of the independence, several new authors emerged on the Algerian literary scene, they will attempt through their works to expose a number of social problems, among them there are Rachid Boudjedra, Rachid Mimouni, Leila Sebbar, Tahar Djaout and Tahir Wattar. Currently, a part of Algerian writers tends to be defined in a literature of shocking expression, due to the terrorism that occurred during the 1990s, the other party is defined in a different style of literature who staged an individualistic conception of the human adventure. Among the most noted recent works, there is the writer, the swallows of Kabul and the attack of Yasmina Khadra, the oath of barbarians of Boualem Sansal, memory of the flesh of Ahlam Mosteghanemi and the last novel by Assia Djebar nowhere in my father's House. Chaâbi music is a typically Algerian musical genre characterized by specific rhythms and of Qacidate (popular poems) in Arabic dialect. The undisputed master of this music is El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka. The Constantinois Malouf style is saved by musician from whom Mohamed Tahar Fergani is a performer. Folk music styles include Bedouin music, characterized by the poetic songs based on long kacida (poems); Kabyle music, based on a rich repertoire that is poetry and old tales passed through generations; Shawiya music, a folklore from diverse areas of the Aurès Mountains. Rahaba music style is unique to the Aures. Souad Massi is a rising Algerian folk singer. 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Apium graveolens is a plant species in the family Apiaceae commonly known as celery (var. dulce) or celeriac (var. rapaceum), depending on whether the petioles (stalks) or roots are eaten: celery refers to the former and celeriac to the latter. Apium graveolens grows to 1 m tall. The leaves are pinnate to bipinnate leaves with rhombic leaflets 3-6 cm long and 2-4 cm broad. The flowers are creamy-white, 2-3 mm diameter, produced in dense compound umbels. The seeds are broad ovoid to globose, 1.5-2 mm long and wide.

Contents[hide]
  • 1 Etymology
  • 2 Taxonomy
  • 3 Cultivation
  • 4 Harvesting and storage
  • 5 Uses
    • 5.1 Medicine
    • 5.2 Nutrition
  • 6 Allergies
  • 7 History
    • 7.1 Cultural depictions
  • 8 See also
  • 9 References
  • 10 External links
EtymologyApium graveolens, leaf cellery

First attested in English 1664, the word "celery" derives from the French céleri, in turn from Italian seleri, the plural of selero, which comes from Late Latin selinon,[1] the latinisation of the Greek σέλινον (selinon), "parsley".[2][3] The earliest attested form of the word is the Mycenaean Greek se-ri-no, written in Linear B syllabic script.[4]

TaxonomyCelery was described by Carl von Linné in Volume One of his Species Plantarum in 1753.[5]

The closely related Apium bermejoi from the island of Minorca is one of the rarest plants in Europe, with fewer than 100 individuals left.[6]

CultivationHead of celery, sold as a vegetable. Usually only the stalks are eaten.

Celery root, or celeriac, is also used as a vegetable.

In North America, commercial production of celery is dominated by the varieties called Pascal celery.[7] Gardeners can grow a range of cultivars, many of which differ little from the wild species, mainly in having stouter leaf stems. They are ranged under two classes, white and red; the white cultivars being generally the best flavoured, and the most crisp and tender. The stalks grow in tight, straight, parallel bunches, and are typically marketed fresh that way, without roots and just a little green leaf remaining.

The wild form of celery is known as "smallage". It has a furrowed stalk with wedge-shaped leaves, the whole plant having a coarse, earthy taste, and a distinctive smell. The stalks are not usually eaten (except in soups or stews in French cuisine), but the leaves may be used in salads, and its seeds are those sold as a spice.[8] With cultivation and blanching, the stalks lose their acidic qualities and assume the mild, sweetish, aromatic taste particular to celery as a salad plant.

The plants are raised from seed, sown either in a hot bed or in the open garden according to the season of the year, and after one or two thinnings and transplantings, they are, on attaining a height of 15-20 cm, planted out in deep trenches for convenience of blanching, which is effected by earthing up to exclude light from the stems.

In the past, celery was grown as a vegetable for winter and early spring; it was perceived as a cleansing tonic, welcomed to counter the salt-sickness of a winter diet. By the 19th century, the season for celery had been extended, to last from the beginning of September to late in April.[9]

Harvesting and storageCross-section of a Pascal celery rib

Harvesting occurs when the average size of celery in a field is marketable; due to extremely uniform crop growth, fields are harvested only once. The petioles and leaves are removed and harvested; celery is packed by size and quality (determined by colour, shape, straightness and thickness of petiole, stalk and midrib length and absence of disease, cracks, splits, insect damage and rot). Under optimal conditions, celery can be stored for up to seven weeks between 0 to 2 °C (32 to 36 °F). Inner stalks may continue growing if kept at temperatures above 0 °C (32 °F). Freshly cut petioles of celery are prone to decay, which can be prevented or reduced through the use of sharp blades during processing, gentle handling, and proper sanitation.[10]

Cut pieces of celery last only a few hours before they turn brown, and few American restaurants include it in green salads because it cannot be prepared far enough ahead of time. In the past, restaurants used to store it in a container of water with powdered vegetable preservative; however, the sulfites in the preservative caused allergic reactions in some people.[11] In 1986, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the use of sulfites on fruits and vegetables intended to be eaten raw.[12]

UsesApium graveolens is used around the world as a vegetable, either for the crisp petiole (leaf stalk) or the fleshy toproot.

In temperate countries, celery is also grown for its seeds. Actually very small fruit, these "seeds" yield a valuable volatile oil used in the perfume and pharmaceutical industries. They also contain an organic compound called apiol. Celery seeds can be used as flavouring or spice, either as whole seeds or ground and mixed with salt, as celery salt. Celery salt can also be made from an extract of the roots. Celery salt is used as a seasoning, in cocktails (notably to enhance the flavour of Bloody Mary cocktails), on the Chicago-style hot dog, and in Old Bay Seasoning.

Celery, onions, and bell peppers are the holy trinity of Louisiana Creole and Cajun cuisine. Celery, onions, and carrots make up the French mirepoix, often used as a base for sauces and soups. Celery is a staple in many soups, such as chicken noodle soup.

MedicineCelery seeds

The use of celery seed in pills for relieving pain was described by Aulus Cornelius Celsus around 30 AD.[13] Celery seeds contain a compound, 3-n-butylphthalide, that has been demonstrated to lower blood pressure in rats.[14]

It is thought to be an aphrodisiac by some people, because it is thought to contain androsterone, a metabolic product of testosterone. However, this is a misunderstanding of androstenone.[15][unreliable source?]

Bergapten in the seeds can increase photosensitivity, so the use of essential oil externally in bright sunshine should be avoided. The oil and large doses of seeds should be avoided during pregnancy, as they can act as a uterine stimulant. Seeds intended for cultivation are not suitable for eating as they are often treated with fungicides.

NutritionCelery, rawNutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)Energy57 kJ (14 kcal)Carbohydrates3 g- Sugars1.4 g- Dietary fibre1.6 gFat0.2 gProtein0.7 gWater95 gVitamin C3 mg (4%)Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults.

Source: USDA Nutrient Database

Celery is used in weight-loss diets, where it provides low-calorie dietary fibre bulk. Celery seeds are also a great source of calcium, and are regarded as a good alternative to animal products.[citation needed] Celery is often purported to be a "negative calorie food" based on the assumption that it contains fewer calories than it takes to digest; however, this statement has no scientific merit.[16]

AllergiesCelery is among a small group of foods (headed by peanuts) that appear to provoke the most severe allergic reactions; for people with celery allergy, exposure can cause potentially fatal anaphylactic shock.[17] The allergen does not appear to be destroyed at cooking temperatures. Celery root-commonly eaten as celeriac, or put into drinks-is known to contain more allergen than the stalk. Seeds contain the highest levels of allergen content. Exercise-induced anaphylaxis may be exacerbated. An allergic reaction also may be triggered by eating foods that have been processed with machines that have previously processed celery, making avoiding such foods difficult. In contrast with peanut allergy being most prevalent in the US, celery allergy is most prevalent in Central Europe.[18] In the European Union, foods that contain or may contain celery, even in trace amounts, must be clearly marked as such.[citation needed] HistoryDaniel Zohary and Maria Hopf[19] note that celery leaves and inflorescences were part of the garlands found in the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun (died 1323 BC), and celery mericarps dated to the seventh century BC were recovered in the Heraion of Samos. However, they note "since A. graveolens grows wild in these areas, it is hard to decide whether these remains represent wild or cultivated forms." Only by classical times is it certain that celery was cultivated.

M. Fragiska mentions an archeological find of celery dating to the 9th century BC, at Kastanas; however, the literary evidence for ancient Greece is far more abundant. In Homer's Iliad, the horses of the Myrmidons graze on wild celery that grows in the marshes of Troy, and in Odyssey, there is mention of the meadows of violet and wild celery surrounding the cave of Calypso.[20]

Cultural depictionsSelinunte didrachm coin bearing a selinon (celery) leaf, circa 515-470 BC.

Apium illustration from Barbarus Apuleius' Herbarium, circa 1400.

A chthonian symbol among the ancient Greeks, celery was said to have sprouted from the blood of Kadmilos, father of the Cabeiri, chthonian divinities celebrated in Samothrace, Lemnos and Thebes. The spicy odour and dark leaf colour encouraged this association with the cult of death. In classical Greece, celery leaves were used as garlands for the dead, and the wreaths of the winners at the Isthmian Games were first made of celery before being replaced by crowns made of pine. According to Pliny the Elder[21] in Achaea, the garland worn by the winners of the sacred Nemean Games was also made of celery.[20] The Ancient Greek colony of Selinous (Greek: Σελινοῦς, Selinoūs), on Sicily, was named after wild parsley that grew abundantly there; Selinountian coins depicted a parsley leaf as the symbol of the city.

The name "celery" retraces the plant's route of successive adoption in European cooking, as the English "celery" (1664) is derived from the French céleri coming from the Lombard term, seleri, from the Latin selinon, borrowed from Greek.[22] Celery's Mediterranean origins are still commemorated in the French expression céleri d'Italie.

Celery's surprisingly late arrival in the English kitchen is an end-product of the long tradition of seed selection needed to reduce the sap's bitterness and increase its sugars. By 1699, John Evelyn could recommend it in his Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets: "Sellery, apium Italicum, (and of the Petroseline Family) was formerly a stranger with us (nor very long since in Italy) is an hot and more generous sort of Macedonian Persley or Smallage...and for its high and grateful Taste is ever plac'd in the middle of the Grand Sallet, at our Great Men's tables, and Praetors feasts, as the Grace of the whole Board".

Celery has made a surprising appearance in football folklore. Supporters of English Premier League team Chelsea and Football League team Gillingham regularly sing songs about the vegetable and are famed for throwing celery during matches. This has also given rise to the "Chelsea Cocktail", a pint of Guinness garnished with a stick of celery.

The Fifth incarnation of Doctor Who, Peter Davison, was noted for wearing a stalk of celery on his lapel, claiming it at one point to be an excellent restorative, though the human olfactory sense was comparatively weak.

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Algeria has struggled to develop industries outside hydrocarbons in part because of high costs and an inert state bureaucracy. The government's efforts to diversify the economy by attracting foreign and domestic investment outside the energy sector have done little to reduce high youth unemployment rates or to address housing shortages. The country is facing a number of short-term and medium-term problems, including the need to diversify the economy, strengthen political, economic and financial reforms, improve the business climate and reduce inequalities amongst regions.A wave of economic protests in February and March 2011 prompted the Algerian government to offer more than $23 billion in public grants and retroactive salary and benefit increases. Public spending has increased by 27% annually during the past 5 years. The 2010–14 public-investment programme will cost US$286 billion, 40% of which will go to human development. The Algerian economy grew by 2.6% in 2011, driven by public spending, in particular in the construction and public-works sector, and by growing internal demand. If hydrocarbons are excluded, growth has been estimated at 4.8%. Growth of 3% is expected in 2012, rising to 4.2% in 2013. The rate of inflation was 4% and the budget deficit 3% of GDP. The current-account surplus is estimated at 9.3% of GDP and at the end of December 2011, official reserves were put at US$182 billion. Inflation, the lowest in the region, has remained stable at 4% on average between 2003 and 2007. In 2011 Algeria announced a budgetary surplus of $26.9 billion, 62% increase in comparison to 2010 surplus. In general, the country exported $73 billion worth of commodities while it imported $46 billion.Thanks to strong hydrocarbon revenues, Algeria has a cushion of $173 billion in foreign currency reserves and a large hydrocarbon stabilization fund. 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In return, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika agreed to buy $7.5 billion worth of combat planes, air-defence systems and other arms from Russia, according to the head of Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport.Dubai-based conglomerate Emarat Dzayer Group said it had signed a joint venture agreement to develop a $1.6 billion steel factory in Algeria. Algeria, whose economy is reliant on petroleum, has been an OPEC member since 1969. Its crude oil production stands at around 1.1 million barrels/day, but it is also a major gas producer and exporter, with important links to Europe. Hydrocarbons have long been the backbone of the economy, accounting for roughly 60% of budget revenues, 30% of GDP, and over 95% of export earnings. Algeria has the 10th-largest reserves of natural gas in the world and is the sixth-largest gas exporter. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that in 2005, Algeria had 4.5 trillion cubic metres (160×10^12 cu ft) of proven natural-gas reserves. It also ranks 16th in oil reserves.Non-hydrocarbon growth for 2011 was projected at 5%. To cope with social demands, the authorities raised expenditure, especially on basic food support, employment creation, support for SMEs, and higher salaries. High hydrocarbon prices have improved the current account and the already large international reserves position.Income from oil and gas rose in 2011 as a result of continuing high oil prices, though the trend in production volume is downwards. Production from the oil and gas sector in terms of volume, continues to decline, dropping from 43.2 million tonnes to 32 million tonnes between 2007 and 2011. Nevertheless, the sector accounted for 98% of the total volume of exports in 2011, against 48% in 1962, and 70% of budgetary receipts, or US$71.4 billion.The Algerian national oil company is Sonatrach, which plays a key role in all aspects of the oil and natural gas sectors in Algeria. All foreign operators must work in partnership with Sonatrach, which usually has majority ownership in production-sharing agreements.Access to biocapacity in Algeria is lower than world average. In 2016, Algeria had 0.53 global hectares of biocapacity per person within its territory, much less than the world average of 1.6 global hectares per person. In 2016 Algeria used 2.4 global hectares of biocapacity per person - their ecological footprint of consumption. This means they use just under 4.5 times as much biocapacity as Algeria contains. As a result, Algeria is running a biocapacity deficit. 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Colloquial Algerian Arabic is spoken by about 72% of the population and Berber by 27–30%. Islam is the predominant religion in Algeria, with its adherents, mostly Sunnis, accounting for 99% of the population according to a 2012 CIA World Factbook estimate, and 97.9% according to Pew Research in 2010. There are about 150,000 Ibadis in the M'zab Valley in the region of Ghardaia. Estimates of the Christian population range from 60,000 to 200,000. Algerian citizens who are Christians predominantly belong to Protestant groups, which have seen increased pressure from the government in recent years including many forced closures.Algeria has given the Muslim world a number of prominent thinkers, including Emir Abdelkader, Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Mouloud Kacem Naît Belkacem, Malek Bennabi and Mohamed Arkoun. In 2002, Algeria had inadequate numbers of physicians (1.13 per 1,000 people), nurses (2.23 per 1,000 people), and dentists (0.31 per 1,000 people). Access to "improved water sources" was limited to 92% of the population in urban areas and 80% of the population in the rural areas. Some 99% of Algerians living in urban areas, but only 82% of those living in rural areas, had access to "improved sanitation". According to the World Bank, Algeria is making progress toward its goal of "reducing by half the number of people without sustainable access to improved drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015". Given Algeria's young population, policy favors preventive health care and clinics over hospitals. In keeping with this policy, the government maintains an immunization program. However, poor sanitation and unclean water still cause tuberculosis, hepatitis, measles, typhoid fever, cholera and dysentery. The poor generally receive health care free of charge.Health records have been maintained in Algeria since 1882 and began adding Muslims living in the south to their vital record database in 1905 during French rule. Since the 1970s, in a centralised system that was designed to significantly reduce the rate of illiteracy, the Algerian government introduced a decree by which school attendance became compulsory for all children aged between 6 and 15 years who have the ability to track their learning through the 20 facilities built since independence, now the literacy rate is around 78.7%. Since 1972, Arabic is used as the language of instruction during the first nine years of schooling. From the third year, French is taught and it is also the language of instruction for science classes. The students can also learn English, Italian, Spanish and German. In 2008, new programs at the elementary appeared, therefore the compulsory schooling does not start at the age of six anymore, but at the age of five. Apart from the 122 private schools, the Universities of the State are free of charge. After nine years of primary school, students can go to the high school or to an educational institution. The school offers two programs: general or technical. At the end of the third year of secondary school, students pass the exam of the baccalaureate, which allows once it is successful to pursue graduate studies in universities and institutes.Education is officially compulsory for children between the ages of six and 15. In 2008, the illiteracy rate for people over 10 was 22.3%, 15.6% for men and 29.0% for women. The province with the lowest rate of illiteracy was Algiers Province at 11.6%, while the province with the highest rate was Djelfa Province at 35.5%.Algeria has 26 universities and 67 institutions of higher education, which must accommodate a million Algerians and 80,000 foreign students in 2008. The University of Algiers, founded in 1879, is the oldest, it offers education in various disciplines (law, medicine, science and letters). 25 of these universities and almost all of the institutions of higher education were founded after the independence of the country. Even if some of them offer instruction in Arabic like areas of law and the economy, most of the other sectors as science and medicine continue to be provided in French and English. Among the most important universities, there are the University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, the University of Mentouri Constantine, and University of Oran Es-Senia. The University of Abou Bekr Belkaïd in Tlemcen and University of Batna Hadj Lakhdar occupy the 26th and 45th row in Africa. Below is a list of the most important Algerian cities: Modern Algerian literature, split between Arabic, Tamazight and French, has been strongly influenced by the country's recent history. Famous novelists of the 20th century include Mohammed Dib, Albert Camus, Kateb Yacine and Ahlam Mosteghanemi while Assia Djebar is widely translated. Among the important novelists of the 1980s were Rachid Mimouni, later vice-president of Amnesty International, and Tahar Djaout, murdered by an Islamist group in 1993 for his secularist views.Malek Bennabi and Frantz Fanon are noted for their thoughts on decolonization; Augustine of Hippo was born in Tagaste (modern-day Souk Ahras); and Ibn Khaldun, though born in Tunis, wrote the Muqaddima while staying in Algeria. The works of the Sanusi family in pre-colonial times, and of Emir Abdelkader and Sheikh Ben Badis in colonial times, are widely noted. The Latin author Apuleius was born in Madaurus (Mdaourouch), in what later became Algeria. Contemporary Algerian cinema is various in terms of genre, exploring a wider range of themes and issues. There has been a transition from cinema which focused on the war of independence to films more concerned with the everyday lives of Algerians. Algerian painters, like Mohamed Racim or Baya, attempted to revive the prestigious Algerian past prior to French colonization, at the same time that they have contributed to the preservation of the authentic values of Algeria. In this line, Mohamed Temam, Abdelkhader Houamel have also returned through this art, scenes from the history of the country, the habits and customs of the past and the country life. Other new artistic currents including the one of M'hamed Issiakhem, Mohammed Khadda and Bachir Yelles, appeared on the scene of Algerian painting, abandoning figurative classical painting to find new pictorial ways, in order to adapt Algerian paintings to the new realities of the country through its struggle and its aspirations. Mohammed Khadda and M'hamed Issiakhem have been notable in recent years. The historic roots of Algerian literature go back to the Numidian and Roman African era, when Apuleius wrote The Golden Ass, the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety. This period had also known Augustine of Hippo, Nonius Marcellus and Martianus Capella, among many others. The Middle Ages have known many Arabic writers who revolutionized the Arab world literature, with authors like Ahmad al-Buni, Ibn Manzur and Ibn Khaldoun, who wrote the Muqaddimah while staying in Algeria, and many others. Albert Camus was an Algerian-born French Pied-Noir author. In 1957 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. Today Algeria contains, in its literary landscape, big names having not only marked the Algerian literature, but also the universal literary heritage in Arabic and French. As a first step, Algerian literature was marked by works whose main concern was the assertion of the Algerian national entity, there is the publication of novels as the Algerian trilogy of Mohammed Dib, or even Nedjma of Kateb Yacine novel which is often regarded as a monumental and major work. Other known writers will contribute to the emergence of Algerian literature whom include Mouloud Feraoun, Malek Bennabi, Malek Haddad, Moufdi Zakaria, Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Mohamed Laïd Al-Khalifa, Mouloud Mammeri, Frantz Fanon, and Assia Djebar. In the aftermath of the independence, several new authors emerged on the Algerian literary scene, they will attempt through their works to expose a number of social problems, among them there are Rachid Boudjedra, Rachid Mimouni, Leila Sebbar, Tahar Djaout and Tahir Wattar. Currently, a part of Algerian writers tends to be defined in a literature of shocking expression, due to the terrorism that occurred during the 1990s, the other party is defined in a different style of literature who staged an individualistic conception of the human adventure. Among the most noted recent works, there is the writer, the swallows of Kabul and the attack of Yasmina Khadra, the oath of barbarians of Boualem Sansal, memory of the flesh of Ahlam Mosteghanemi and the last novel by Assia Djebar nowhere in my father's House. Chaâbi music is a typically Algerian musical genre characterized by specific rhythms and of Qacidate (popular poems) in Arabic dialect. The undisputed master of this music is El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka. The Constantinois Malouf style is saved by musician from whom Mohamed Tahar Fergani is a performer. Folk music styles include Bedouin music, characterized by the poetic songs based on long kacida (poems); Kabyle music, based on a rich repertoire that is poetry and old tales passed through generations; Shawiya music, a folklore from diverse areas of the Aurès Mountains. Rahaba music style is unique to the Aures. Souad Massi is a rising Algerian folk singer. Other Algerian singers of the diaspora include Manel Filali in Germany and Kenza Farah in France. Tergui music is sung in Tuareg languages generally, Tinariwen had a worldwide success. Finally, the staïfi music is born in Sétif and remains a unique style of its kind. Modern music is available in several facets, Raï music is a style typical of western Algeria. Rap, a relatively recent style in Algeria, is experiencing significant growth. The Algerian state's interest in film-industry activities can be seen in the annual budget of DZD 200 million (EUR 1.3 million) allocated to production, specific measures and an ambitious programme plan implemented by the Ministry of Culture in order to promote national production, renovate the cinema stock and remedy the weak links in distribution and exploitation. The financial support provided by the state, through the Fund for the Development of the Arts, Techniques and the Film Industry (FDATIC) and the Algerian Agency for Cultural Influence (AARC), plays a key role in the promotion of national production. Between 2007 and 2013, FDATIC subsidised 98 films (feature films, documentaries and short films). In mid-2013, AARC had already supported a total of 78 films, including 42 feature films, 6 short films and 30 documentaries. According to the European Audiovisual Observatory's LUMIERE database, 41 Algerian films were distributed in Europe between 1996 and 2013; 21 films in this repertoire were Algerian-French co-productions. Days of Glory (2006) and Outside the Law (2010) recorded the highest number of admissions in the European Union, 3,172,612 and 474,722, respectively.Algeria won the Palme d'Or for Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975), two Oscars for Z (1969), and other awards for the Italian-Algerian movie The Battle of Algiers. Algerian cuisine is rich and diverse. The country was considered as the "granary of Rome". It offers a component of dishes and varied dishes, depending on the region and according to the seasons. The cuisine uses cereals as the main products, since they are always produced with abundance in the country. There is not a dish where cereals are not present. Algerian cuisine varies from one region to another, according to seasonal vegetables. It can be prepared using meat, fish and vegetables. Among the dishes known, couscous, chorba, rechta, chakhchoukha, berkoukes, shakshouka, mthewem, chtitha, mderbel, dolma, brik or bourek, garantita, lham'hlou, etc. Merguez sausage is widely used in Algeria, but it differs, depending on the region and on the added spices. Cakes are marketed and can be found in cities either in Algeria, in Europe or North America. However, traditional cakes are also made at home, following the habits and customs of each family. Among these cakes, there are Tamina, Baklawa, Chrik, Garn logzelles, Griouech, Kalb el-louz, Makroud, Mbardja, Mchewek, Samsa, Tcharak, Baghrir, Khfaf, Zlabia, Aarayech, Ghroubiya and Mghergchette. Algerian pastry also contains Tunisian or French cakes. Marketed and home-made bread products include varieties such as Kessra or Khmira or Harchaya, chopsticks and so-called washers Khoubz dar or Matloue. Other traditional meals sold often as street food include mhadjeb or mahjouba, karantika, doubara, chakhchoukha, hassouna, and t'chicha. Various games have existed in Algeria since antiquity. In the Aures, people played several games such as El Kherba or El khergueba (chess variant). Playing cards, checkers and chess games are part of Algerian culture. Racing (fantasia) and rifle shooting are part of cultural recreation of the Algerians.The first Algerian and African gold medalist is Boughera El Ouafi in 1928 Olympics of Amsterdam in the Marathon. The second Algerian Medalist was Alain Mimoun in 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Several men and women were champions in athletics in the 1990s including Noureddine Morceli, Hassiba Boulmerka, Nouria Merah-Benida, and Taoufik Makhloufi, all specialized in middle-distance running.Football is the most popular sport in Algeria. Several names are engraved in the history of the sport, including Lakhdar Belloumi, Rachid Mekhloufi, Hassen Lalmas, Rabah Madjer, Salah Assad and Djamel Zidane. The Algeria national football team qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, 1986 FIFA World Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2014 FIFA World Cup. In addition, several football clubs have won continental and international trophies as the club ES Sétif or JS Kabylia. The Algerian Football Federation is an association of Algeria football clubs organizing national competitions and international matches of the selection of Algeria national football team. In computer science, arbitrary-precision arithmetic, also called bignum arithmetic, multiple-precision arithmetic, or sometimes infinite-precision arithmetic, indicates that calculations are performed on numbers whose digits of precision are limited only by the available memory of the host system. This contrasts with the faster fixed-precision arithmetic found in most arithmetic logic unit (ALU) hardware, which typically offers between 8 and 64 bits of precision. Several modern programming languages have built-in support for bignums, and others have libraries available for arbitrary-precision integer and floating-point math. Rather than store values as a fixed number of bits related to the size of the processor register, these implementations typically use variable-length arrays of digits. Arbitrary precision is used in applications where the speed of arithmetic is not a limiting factor, or where precise results with very large numbers are required. It should not be confused with the symbolic computation provided by many computer algebra systems, which represent numbers by expressions such as π·sin(2), and can thus represent any computable number with infinite precision. A common application is public-key cryptography, whose algorithms commonly employ arithmetic with integers having hundreds of digits. Another is in situations where artificial limits and overflows would be inappropriate. It is also useful for checking the results of fixed-precision calculations, and for determining optimal or near-optimal values for coefficients needed in formulae, for example the √⅓ that appears in Gaussian integration.Arbitrary precision arithmetic is also used to compute fundamental mathematical constants such as π to millions or more digits and to analyze the properties of the digit strings or more generally to investigate the precise behaviour of functions such as the Riemann zeta function where certain questions are difficult to explore via analytical methods. Another example is in rendering fractal images with an extremely high magnification, such as those found in the Mandelbrot set. Arbitrary-precision arithmetic can also be used to avoid overflow, which is an inherent limitation of fixed-precision arithmetic. Similar to a 5-digit odometer's display which changes from 99999 to 00000, a fixed-precision integer may exhibit wraparound if numbers grow too large to represent at the fixed level of precision. Some processors can instead deal with overflow by saturation, which means that if a result would be unrepresentable, it is replaced with the nearest representable value. (With 16-bit unsigned saturation, adding any positive amount to 65535 would yield 65535.) Some processors can generate an exception if an arithmetic result exceeds the available precision. Where necessary, the exception can be caught and recovered from—for instance, the operation could be restarted in software using arbitrary-precision arithmetic. In many cases, the task or the programmer can guarantee that the integer values in a specific application will not grow large enough to cause an overflow. Such guarantees may be based on pragmatic limits: a school attendance program may have a task limit of 4,000 students. A programmer may design the computation so that intermediate results stay within specified precision boundaries. Some programming languages such as Lisp, Python, Perl, Haskell and Ruby use, or have an option to use, arbitrary-precision numbers for all integer arithmetic. Although this reduces performance, it eliminates the possibility of incorrect results (or exceptions) due to simple overflow. It also makes it possible to guarantee that arithmetic results will be the same on all machines, regardless of any particular machine's word size. The exclusive use of arbitrary-precision numbers in a programming language also simplifies the language, because a number is a number and there is no need for multiple types to represent different levels of precision. Arbitrary-precision arithmetic is considerably slower than arithmetic using numbers that fit entirely within processor registers, since the latter are usually implemented in hardware arithmetic whereas the former must be implemented in software. Even if the computer lacks hardware for certain operations (such as integer division, or all floating-point operations) and software is provided instead, it will use number sizes closely related to the available hardware registers: one or two words only and definitely not N words. There are exceptions, as certain variable word length machines of the 1950s and 1960s, notably the IBM 1620, IBM 1401 and the Honeywell Liberator series, could manipulate numbers bound only by available storage, with an extra bit that delimited the value. Numbers can be stored in a fixed-point format, or in a floating-point format as a significand multiplied by an arbitrary exponent. However, since division almost immediately introduces infinitely repeating sequences of digits (such as 4/7 in decimal, or 1/10 in binary), should this possibility arise then either the representation would be truncated at some satisfactory size or else rational numbers would be used: a large integer for the numerator and for the denominator. But even with the greatest common divisor divided out, arithmetic with rational numbers can become unwieldy very quickly: 1/99 − 1/100 = 1/9900, and if 1/101 is then added, the result is 10001/999900. The size of arbitrary-precision numbers is limited in practice by the total storage available

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We don't really know much about what Shakespeare read, but the stories in his plays come from popular novels of the time. Romeo and Juliet comes from a verse-novel by Arthur Brooke, Romeus and Juliet.

Shakespeare also seems to have loved history books. His history plays are based on Holinshed's Chronicles, Hamlet is from Saxo Grammaticus' History of Denmark, and his Roman and Greek plays come from the Greek historian Plutarch.

Shakespeare was very familiar with contemporary dramatists - as you would expect. His favourite Latin poet seems to have been Ovid (there was a famous translation by William Golding, which everybody loved), and among English poets he seems to have a soft spot for Chaucer and Gower.

Shakespeare never says anything nice about Edmund Spenser (who was the big cheese in English poetry around Shakespeare's time). I think I agree with him there.

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There are 2090 words that contain "ei" if you count all of the following:

Words that start with capitol letters are proper nouns.

Words that are in ALL CAPS are abbreviations.

Not counting abbreviations and proper nouns, there are 1767 words.

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To what extent were economic factors to blame for the deterioration of the Roman Empire in the Third Century A.D?

by Julian Fenner

For centuries, historians have tried to understand the causes of the decline of the Roman Empire, in particular the causes of the third century crisis. The fact that opinions are so numerous reflects the complexity of the issue and the opinions themselves often tend to reflect the time in which they were written. For example, enlightenment intellectuals such as Voltaire and Gibbon were obsessed with political reasons and the effect of the rise of Christianity. Machiavelli spoke of the barbarian invasions as being central and Paulo Paruta felt that the relations between the Senate and the people were largely to blame. Other factors which have been put forward as crucial include, climate change, the decline in military spirit, disease (plague, malaria), depopulation, racial 'pollution' and immorality. In the face of such an array of disparate theories one must strive to be discerning. In other words one must try to find out which are unimportant or of little importance, which ones are merely symptoms and which are the really significant factors. The central argument of this essay is the idea that perhaps one of the most important causes of Rome's decline was structural economic weakness inherent within the empire long before the third century AD. These weaknesses include things like the inherent problems of a slave-economy, decentralisation of industry/agriculture, and the long-term non-sustainability and 'top-heaviness' of the Empire. However, this is not to suggest that there were not other important factors at play other than economic ones. Things like the increasing 'barbarization' of the military and the political classes, intellectual and 'spiritual' decline and the increasing pressure on Rome's borders could also be cited as important. The decline of Rome should be seen as part of a complex process without a single, concise explanation. The decline of Rome was the result of a complex process of interwoven weaknesses, defects and contingencies.

If we look at documents from the third century there is little mention of the decline of Rome. However, part of the reason for it seeming this way is that the idea of the 'decline of the Roman empire' is really a metaphor we now use to convey a general impression and not a precise reality. The Roman Empire was composed of a complex set of relationships, of governmental administration, institutions and groups etc. Therefore it is perhaps easier to talk of change or deterioration rather than a very definite thing like 'decline'. Many of the sources seem to convey a vague sense of deterioration hanging over Rome as early as the first century AD. It was Seneca who proclaimed at this time that the onset of Imperial Rome meant the death of the empire. This negative attitude became more widespread in literature from the time of Hadrian onward. Apart from Suetonius' Biographies of the Emperors, the Metamorphoses of Apuleius and the Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius, Latin Literature seemed to become overwhelmed by apathy. This may seem strange to some people, especially those who believe in Gibbon's 'golden-age of the Antonines'. In his famous work 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' he states that the period in the history of the world when the human race was most happy and prosperous was the time between the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus (98-180 AD). Superficially this may seem to be the case. A vast area around the Mediterranean was now linked economically, politically and culturally. There was prosperity, peace and security throughout the empire and things could seem to some be running smoothly. The end of this apparently good period was marked by the onset of civil wars lasting from 180 to 285 AD. Of twenty-seven emperors or would be emperors, all but two met violent deaths. Meanwhile, the Persians raided Antioch in the East and in Europe the barbarians broke through the frontiers. Huge areas of countryside were devastated. The middle-classes were increasingly squeezed out of existence and many farmers and labourers were transformed into serfs. When in 285 AD Diocletian pulled the empire together again, there was little left of the prosperity of the Pax Romana. What seems clear is the causes of the decline must have been evolving during Gibbon's period of happiness and prosperity. Many of the most serious weaknesses developing during this time were of an economic nature and one can trace back the roots of some of these fundamental structural economic weaknesses to the Republic and before.

The early expansion of Rome in Italy was as much the product of hard work as it was of aggression and domination. Roman advances were strengthened by the settlement of farmers on confiscated territory and a prudent treatment of conquered neighbours minimised the difficulties and dangers. Occasionally, subject communities were admitted to Roman citizenship. The strength of this agriculturally based system was tested severely in wars with the invading Gauls, with Carthage and with Pyrrhus. The wealth of the Republic was built up on the sweat of the provinces, the loot from wars and the suffering and exploitation of slaves. Like Greece, Rome had inherited a low level of technical skill and achievements were only possible because of the huge amounts of labour and exploitation involved. The Romans seemed to lack any modern notions of returns and productivity. They seemed to lack the ability to improve methods of production, find superior sources of energy and improve transport/communications. As we will see later on this low level of technique would have bad consequences for industry and therefore the empire.

After the second Punic war many new economic transformations began. During this time, many of the best agricultural lands in Italy were devastated. Many wealthy opportunists had profited during the war and were no longer inclined to finance small farmers. There were new possibilities for business of a less insecure and therefore more tempting nature. Contact with Carthage had opened the eyes of many greedy Romans to the profitability of scientifically managed large-scale agriculture. This combined with a new abundance of cheap land and slaves initiated two new economic developments. Men with money started to buy these huge areas of land, formed large estates, and set about working them for profit with the new cheap and plentiful supply of slave labour. Connected to this was the increasing tendency of small cultivating owners to choose not to resume their interrupted occupation or to even be driven to abandon their holdings. The only hope of halting this economic development lay in the political sphere but power was steadily passing into the hands of the very men who profited from this new system.

None of the changes in this period favoured the return of the small farmer to the land. The battle of Pydna (168 BC) placed the Mediterranean world at the feet of Rome and many new prospects opened up. As provinces were gained and the empire continued to expand, its sphere of influence increased dramatically along with the availability of opportunities. During the next century there was a huge movement of Roman's abroad all eager to exploit these opportunities. Some made money quickly by gleaning the profits to be made by the squeezing of Rome's subjects. Others went for more long-term options and settled in the provinces, making large amounts of money in commercial and financial enterprises. With the power of Rome behind them, many felt they could exploit these opportunities with little need for moderation. Roman emigrants gradually obtained valuable lands in the provinces and thus we see a further development of the large provincial estates that became so important later on. This outflow of emigrant Romans was greatly facilitated by the large amount of moneylenders present at the time and this was made all the more easy by the favour of Roman officials who would guarantee borrowers against bad debts.

The growing number of provincial taxes brought into being a large class of investors whose speculations tended to generate substantial returns. This ever-expanding and highly important class known as the Knights (equites) had little care for the rapidly disappearing peasantry. Initially their main activity was to squeeze concessions from the Senate thereby meaning that for a time popular leaders were able to engage their support against the ruling nobility. However, selfish interests gradually became the guiding force and they joined with the senatorial nobles to form a party of property. In light of this it is hardly surprising that efforts to restore free peasants to Italian land were a failure. The main area of commerce in the latter days of the Republic was the slave trade and therefore Roman financiers were deeply interested in this. Any attempts to reform the system were normally met with hostility.

One can now see how the system of slaves and great estates continued into the days of the empire. It paid well in the Provinces where one could obtain large areas of land relatively cheaply and where environmental circumstances where often favourable. However, after the Roman peace significantly diminished the supply of slaves, the system became a problem. During the imperial period we see a significant development of the tenancy system. In earlier times the landlord clearly had the upper hand and the tenant was merely a humble dependant forever fearful that he would thrown off his holding. However, evidence shows us that later on, the landlord was often the anxious party and would often suffer substantial losses and in the second century AD, the landlords were often as badly off as their tenants. The growing problem in the new economic climate became how to balance the interests of both parties and therefore keep the agricultural system running. A strict system of rules came about in an attempt to regulate conflicting interests. Enforcing them was problematic however, due to the corruption of imperial agents. It was often very difficult to catch these officials and when they were caught their successor often yielded to the same temptations thus the problem did not rectify itself. Amidst the problems and general chaos of the third century it is hardly surprising that this system totally failed to meet its objectives. The system fell into such disarray that that by 284 A.D, the condition of the small tenant farmer had generally become one of semi-servile dependence. His legal freedom became very limited and his economic position increasingly depended on the preservation of a holding often blighted by encroachments. If he left his land he would probably starve but if he stayed then he effectively be a serf. Legal changes later on made it the case that to be a colonus was to be attached to a specific plot of ground with which he himself was transferable. This change, however rational it may have been under the circumstances really only confirmed what a mess Rome had made of its economy and all this did was to effectively consummate agricultural stagnation by law.

The slave-based economy seemingly worked well but only as long as there was a large supply of slaves. The slavery institution declined significantly as a result of the "Augustan Peace". Although Gibbon sees the decline in war and piracy in this so-called "golden-age" as an entirely positive thing for the empire he does not see the other side of the story which is that these two activities were the main source of slaves. The days of the great Delian Slave market were over and there was now a severely diminished workforce. Growing humanitarian sentiments within the empire also facilitated this problem as many of the remaining slaves were freed. The fundamental basis of ancient economic activity was significantly undermined but the system of exploitation was too well established now for it to be abolished. Perhaps if the institution of slavery had been challenged much earlier on then things would have been different but unfortunately even the most enlightened philosophers of the Republic seemed to support it. For example, Aristotle stated that "from the hour of birth some are marked out for subjection, others for rule". There remained no choice after the collapse of the slave market other than to try to compensate for this loss. What we see here is the increasing exploitation of free men by a highly exploitative ruling class. This group was really an aristocratic clique whose wealth was derived primarily from the land so it was very much in their interest to maintain their own superiority at the expense of what was beneficial to the empire. They were against any form of economic improvement which threatened their power and so their actions tended to maintain senatorial authority but at the huge price of economic retardation. In the absence of a slave class which they could exploit, they increasingly tightened the screw on the lower classes so that their legal, political and constitutional privileges could be diminished. In this way they would have little power to defend themselves against exploitation. This whittling away of the rights of the poor took place mainly during the 'good' Antonine period and by the Severan period the poor had virtually no rights whatsoever. Citizenship therefore came to mean almost nothing for the vast majority and therefore the onset of universal citizenship was really a fairly unremarkable development. The fact that it came about only reflects the financial problems of the empire (discussed later) and the need to increase tax revenue. Finley states that in this period we see "a cumulative depression in the status of the lower classes among the free citizens". What we essentially see here is a switch from slave production to serf production. From this development, Rostovtzeff sees a major cause for the upheavals and rebellions of the third century. He sees the upheavals of the third century as "a deliberate and class conscious attack by the exploited peasantry, using as its spearhead the large army which was mainly recruited from its ranks". This argument is problematic however, as there is much evidence to suggest that peasants were generally scared of the soldiers and would therefore not see them as their representatives. Even so, this argument does not ignore the fact that the massive exploitation by the urban propertied class of the poorer members of society (for example the rural population, retail traders, artisans) and their indifference towards working for the public good had bad effects. The problem of slavery and exploitation was really one of the root problems of Roman society. The empire was built upon the labour of the exploited but they were the very people who could not benefit from their work. This division of society ensured that the masses of the empire never tasted the fruits of their labour. The two major problems which this lead to were that people lacked the incentive to master their work and they also had little consuming power so there was a shallow internal market as a result.

The need to create new markets was one of the factors that lead to the continued drive for expansion. The lack of good communications lead to industry increasingly moving out to the peripheries to be closer to their markets. The growing need to find fresh supplies of slaves was also a factor that contributed to the shifting of industry to the peripheral areas such as Gaul where was a better supply. Backward areas such as these therefore gained what Rome had lost, a surrounding area inhabited by peasants. This process of decentralisation was also linked to the lack of technology within the Empire. In modern industry the effective use of technology reduces overheads significantly but there was not really a tendency to do this in the Roman Empire. Increasing slave concentrations did not reduce the overheads and therefore there was no incentive to carry on developing old centres as it was more profitable to move to new areas under this system. The lack of effective transport also hindered these attempts to expand markets. Even the best forms of transport were unsuitable for the high circulation of consumer goods. This was another factor leading to the need for industry to be close to its markets and therefore it further undermined the core in favour of the periphery. The ineffectiveness of transport also lead to an inefficient distribution of goods often creating gluts in one area and shortages in another. The insecurity of the credit system also impelled industry outwards towards its markets. It was very costly to raise capital for a trading venture because of the potential risks involved. There was no equivalent of the joint-stock company with limited liability to ensure some degree of responsibility for financial ventures. Further problems were created by the primitive nature of the ancient banking system which saw little development of the system of a central bank with branch establishments and in some cases a backwards movement towards a system of independent local banks.

Under Trajan the empire reached it furthest extension but because of the weaknesses within the empire, its resources were pushed to breaking point. The empire found itself in a catch-22 situation in which there no solution to the problem. On the one hand there was the ever growing need to expand and on the other the ever diminishing capacity to carry it through. If the empire continued to expand it would have been disastrous but if it stopped then there would still be the problem of the lack of a deep internal market. The expansion of the empire only brought greater extension, not greater depth. This was not a progressive forward-looking policy, it was an essentially blind process When Hadrian came to power he stopped this policy of relentless expansionism but by this time it was too late. Although this was the most sensible course of action, the economic situation was such that the problem could not be solved. The best Hadrian could do was slow down the inevitable economic decline. If Julius Caesar was able to carry out the expansions which Trajan carried out one a half centuries before when the resources of the empire may have been strong enough to support such a policy then perhaps it would have been a different story. The relentless expansionism also carried with it another danger. This centrifugal movement of the Roman economy often overflowed into the Barbarian world thus exposing them to the vices and virtues of civilisation. This would have made the barbarians envious and desirous of the riches and luxuries which such civilisation afforded and would therefore have help to foster the desire to invade. (barbarian invasions discussed later on)

All the tendencies mentioned did not operate at once or to the same extent but over a period of years they resulted in a clear movement of industry outwards from the old centres of the empire. Over the whole empire there was a slow reversion to small-scale, hand to mouth craftsmanship whose production was focussed on the immediate vicinity. Progress in areas like Roman Germany and Gaul was cancelled out by the decay of Italy. By the second century A.D. there were clear signs that Italy was fast losing its once predominant position. There were increasing signs of depopulation and large shrinkages in the export of both agricultural and industrial products. It seemed that industry was fast losing its confidence and therefore increasingly sought the protection of forms of production nearer to the basic needs of mankind. From the time of Augustus onwards this type of "domain" economy was taking over from the old system based on slavery and the 'free market'. We see here a dramatic drop in almost every branch of agricultural technique yet despite this huge numbers were drawn towards the countryside as conditions within the towns deteriorated. This movement of industry from the towns reduced the effective areas open to trade thereby contributing to a general economic breakdown. As the estates became more and more self-sufficient, it increasingly detracted from the classical economic system, as there were less and less customers for the goods that circulated on the old markets. The large domain therefore contributed significantly to the restriction of trade and the speeding up of the process of decentralisation. By the late third century we can see that this rise of the estate was a real sign of Rome's serious economic decline. In this period the Talmud directs its readers to keep a third of their money invested in the estate, a third in cash, and a third in commerce and industry. What this advice shows us is the extent to which the economy had become dysfunctional. Alongside this growth of the large estates was the shrinkage of the towns and a decline in the quality and extent of ancient civilisation. The cities began to wither away and urbanisation slowed down as the empire became more and more based around a decentralised structure. Politically the implications of decentralisation were very damaging as it lead to situation of widespread political autarky among the peripheries and therefore, political decomposition thus weakening the political centre. It meant that Rome gradually ceased to be Rome. Being spread out to the borders of a vast empire enfeebled it and Italy therefore surrendered its pride of place to the provinces and the peripheries.

Hadrian may have temporarily halted the economic crisis that Trajan's policy was rapidly creating but beneath the surface problems persisted. This manifested itself within the currency in particular. With the strain of foreign demand and the steady movement of currency eastward as a result of the adverse trade balance evasive action was taken. Nero took the move to contaminate the denairus and to reduce coins by clipping. The weight and quality of the denairus fell constantly until the time of Commodus when inflation was reaching cataclysmic proportions. In his reign the silver denairus sank to one third of its former value, and wholly ceased to circulate outside the Empire. The aureus became so unreliable that by 200 A.D. it had ceased to be accepted abroad without testing for weight and quality. The story of the third century was one of worsening inflation and the minting of bad money. The situation became so bad that many people fell back on the natural economy of bartering thus further perpetuating the economic problems.

Despite the considerable contraction of the population and resources this was not accompanied by a corresponding reduction in the price of imperial administration. The maintenance costs of the empire were huge and continued to expand all the time. Taxes had to be collected, frontiers defended; the empire had to be policed and the imperial post had to maintained. The upholding of the Roman standard of culture meant huge amounts had to be spent to provide an adequate supply of the amenities that were considered essential to the full life or a Roman citizen. There was the cost of building, repairing and maintaining the numerous temples, public baths, municipal buildings, gymnasia, town halls, wrestling schools, market places, triumphal columns and amphitheatres (the list goes on). Civic sacrifices, religious processions, feasts and the games also drained huge amounts from the financial reserves of the empire. The cost of the dole weakened the empire's finances. Originally this was passed out once a month but under Marcus Aurelius there was a daily distribution of pork, oil and bread to the proletariat. The alimenta (farming subsidies), put in place by Nerva also cost the empire dearly. The adverse balance of trade which grew at this time proved to be very costly. In the time of Nero, Seneca estimated that it cost Rome five million dollars a year to import its luxuries from the east. Another area in which Rome spent huge amounts of money was the army. An important implication of the Roman peace was that the army changed its economic role. Whereas previously it had been an important source of plunder it was now mainly used as a peaceful garrison force. The army became an economic liability, as there were more than 400,000 mouths to feed and nothing for them to do. Of course, even in peace the army was essential to the security of the empire but the cost of it more than doubled between 96 and 180 AD. The empire was over-spending by epic proportions yet the economic structure meant that nothing could be done to counter-act this.

Another very important cause of the financial problems came during the reign of Marcus Aurelius when there was a sudden explosion of calamities afflicting the empire. Since the beginning of the principate there had been virtually no problems with the exception of the civil war (68-9 A.D.) and a few other minor revolts. During the reign of Aurelius things suddenly went badly wrong. The Parthian war erupted and proved to be extremely expensive and to make matters worse the army also brought back the plague. There was a rise of problems on several of the frontiers especially from the Germanic tribes. From 160-71 A.D there were many frontier breaches along the Danube as well as other invasions from different tribes (for example, the attack on Buetica by Moorish rebels in 171 A.D.). There were a number of revolts in this period including a very serious one in Egypt (early 170's). All of these problems put enormous financial pressure on the empire. The evidence supporting this is clearly shown by the fact that Aurelius and Commodus reduced the surplus left by Antoninus Pius in 161 A.D. of HS 2,700,000,000 to HS 1,000,000 in 193. One of the consequences of the financial crisis was to put a massive amount of pressure on the bourgeoisie. Evidence shows us that during the 160s there was a huge rise in the financial pressure imposed on the curial class. This was met with a growing reluctance to help ease the growing economic burden. There are many examples of people in this period being forced to carry out public works for example. Normally people would often volunteer to donate to the public (euergetism) but the fact that people were being increasingly forced to help shows the direness of the situation. Under the Severan Dynasty, this "compulsion" was applied even more stringently to the curial classes and we see another significant drop in the practice of euergetism. By the third century the burden was so heavy that it began to consume the capital resources of the empire. However, this increase in taxation did not increase production, in fact increases in tax seemed to coincide with a decrease in manpower and production.

From the second century onwards, the question of how to fund the empire became absolutely fundamental due to widespread economic contraction. The problem of indebtedness was so common that it was seriously hindering economic enterprise. In 118 A.D. Hadrian agreed to wipe off a bad debt to the treasury which amounted to the equivalent of £7 million and also reduced many sums which were outstanding for rent. However, when the citizens of the empire could not afford to pay at all then simply reducing debts was not a long-term answer. It got to the stage when tax-payers simply had to pay what was demanded of them meaning that the State would necessarily have to become strengthened. Here we see the growth of bureaucracy and a parallel development of what we today would call the "police-state". During the republic, the money for Rome's expansion came largely from the plunder of foreign war. However during the pax romana we see a very sad state of affairs emerging whereby the only means of keeping the empire funded was through legalised extortion. By the time of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), the Roman bureaucracy was as all embracing as that of modern times. This tendency sowed the seeds for the tyranny of the third century. The historian 'Trever' says of the situation… "the relentless system of taxation, requisition, and compulsory labour was administered by an army of military bureaucrats… Everywhere. were the ubiquitous personal agents of the emperors to spy out the remotest case of attempted strikes evasion of taxes". Under Hadrian we also see the development of a system of secret police and informers. This system functioned in much the same way as the Gestapo and kept going until its was changed by Diocletian. The fact that an emperor as enlightened as Hadrian introduced this system speaks volumes about the state of the empire at this stage and the inevitability of the system coming about.

The over-consumption and pampering of the Roman citizens during the imperial period also created other problems. It has often been suggested that the increasingly materialistic and greedy lifestyles that many Romans lead began to affect them 'spiritually' and intellectually. A sense of futility seemed to be permeating society. The Roman 'spirit' which had conquered the world was becoming increasingly lethargic. During the "pax romana" it seemed that peace, comfort and security took priority above political freedom and trying to solve the problems which were blighting their civilisation. Many historians mention the change in racial stock as a reason for this. Others say that plague and malaria were also possible causes. One suspects that the real reason was the 'disease of materialism' or the 'affluent society'. We need not look solely to Rome for this tendency, it is happening in the west today. The price that western society seems to be paying for the considerable wealth and comfort of most of its inhabitants is a corresponding rise in apathy, complacency and unreflective consumerism/indulgence. The modern industrialised west seems to share several of the characteristics which predominated during the "golden era" of the Roman Empire. The growing sense of negativity exists now and then, as does the obsession with violence (blood-sports in Rome, Hollywood films and video games now), sex, and indulgences. Another interesting parallel is the growth of oriental religions which appeared in Rome in an attempt to fill the spiritual vacuum and the growth of new-ageism now. The increasing popularity of mystical religions is also a sign of the influence which the lower classes were increasingly having on the upper classes and therefore represented a sort of "barbarisation" of culture. This represents a prominent feature in the Roman world which was the gradual absorption of the higher classes by the lower classes and a subsequent levelling down of standards.

The Roman Empire was riddled with economic problems whose causes are to be found long before the third century. However, there were other serious problems developing during the empire which were independent of economic factors. Problems with the army and the rise in military and political anarchy which ensued were very serious. These problems stemmed largely from Hadrian who was guilty of decentralising, immobilizing and 'foreignizing' the army. Hadrian also began the policy of filling up the army with provincials from the area to be defended and allowing the Germans to settle in the Danubian provinces as long as they served in the auxiliary troops when called upon. The fact that Hadrian was driven to such measures is a sign of the serious manpower shortage that was developing in this period. This manpower shortage can be linked in turn to the retreat of many people to rural areas and therefore at least in part to economic factors. By the time of Marcus Aurelius the army was composed either of ignorant countrymen from the most backwards parts of the empire or foreigners. This divorce between the 'barbasized' army and 'soft' civilians had very grave consequences. In spirit and in culture, many of these new soldiers were uncivilised peasants with little, if any, respect for the people they were supposed to protect. The apathetic Romans had sown the seeds for political and military disaster and they eventually reaped the results. In 191 AD Commodus was assassinated and a man named Pertinax was made leader. He promised large gifts to the legions and praetorians (they dominated Rome from a camp near the city) but when he tried to enforce discipline he in turn was murdered. The throne was sold to Julius Julianus for the equivalent of $1,200 per soldier. However, the legions responded by putting forward three other candidates. This lead to three years of civil war culminating in the brutal Septimius Severus coming to power. He was a draconian but proficient leader and ruled for twenty years having the good luck to die in bed. However, by this time the army knew its own power and it became common-place for the army to dictate who would be on the throne. During the twenty-four years after the death of Severus, four caesars ruled and each was assassinated. In 235 AD the rot was well and truly setting when the legions raised the first barbarian to the purple, Maximinus. Maximinus was a Thracian peasant of mixed Gothic and Alan descent whose career began as a common soldier. Maximinus never even visited Rome and his three years of rule were a reign of terror. The fifty years after his death saw twenty six caesars with only one dying peacefully in bed. Almost all of them were originally the nominees and then the victims of the soldiers.

By the time the Persians and Barbarians invaded, the Roman world was in a state of disarray and all that was required from them was a gentle push. During the seemingly happy world of Gibbon's day, Rome was sleepwalking into a catastrophe. The invasions of the third century were not so much a cause of Rome's decline as a result of its significant economic and political weakness by this stage. The Germans burst across the barrier of the Rhine and the Danube. In 257 A.D. the Goths overran Dacia, crossed the Danube, and penetrated into Greece. In 269 the Heruli and the Goths, in their biggest invasion, crossed the Danube with their families, 320,000 strong, and sailed with 2,000 ships into the Mediterranean. The Marcomanni had already penetrated Italy as far as Ravenna. A couple of years later the Alamanni got as far as Milan. In 256 and 258, the franks and the allied tribes swept across the Rhine and wreaked havoc on the whole country as far as Tarragonna in Spain. Meanwhile further west, the Saxons were sailing against Britain. As if all this wasn't enough to be concerned with, the Romans suffered a second devastating plague in 252 A.D, which proceeded to devastate the Roman world for fifteen years. Alexandria lost two-thirds of its population and at its peak Rome lost five thousand each day. During the invasions there is evidence to suggest that due to the exploitation and mal-treatment of many of the Roman citizens, the invasions and disintegration of the empire was often met with indifference. The attitude of the lower classes towards the Barbarians was by no means always one of fear and hostility. They were often met with feelings of relief and the desire to co-operate especially amongst the poorer men who were unendurably burdened by taxation. Evidence shows us examples of people deserting to the barbarians or of appealing for help from them. Even at the beginning of second century we hear of deserters to Decabolus the Dacian chief and Dio speaks on several occasions of deserters to the Quadi and Marcomanni during the second and third centuries A.D. Some of the numbers mentioned are so strikingly huge that there must have been civilian defectors as well as military defectors. The fact that so many people wished to rebel against their own empire speaks volumes about the state of the empire even before the third century.

Economic weaknesses and their social repercussions were largely to blame for the decline which Rome went through during the third century. Due to the nature of economic development during the Republic and the ramifications thereof, Rome developed an economy riddled with weaknesses and problems. These inherent economic weaknesses began to manifest themselves during Gibbon's golden-age. The system of small estates developed during the Republic gave way to the system of the great imperial private estates. The growth of the large estate was a catalyst to the general decline of Rome as a symptom. By the third century the great era of the industrial city-state was over. During the second century we see the reversion from an industrial life based on the wide use of coinage to more primitive conditions of payments. As the empire grew it needed a state system of credits able to support the intricate and highly organised commercial life of the empire we see a retrogression of this sort of system if anything. The decline of the slave-market lead to a system whereby the free peasantry increasingly became the work-tool of the state and the landowners also became a work-tool bound to the place where they were needed. The social structure resulting from this sort of economic system also had the bad effect of creating a very restricted internal market. The empire seemed prosperous and successful but it was essentially thriving on borrowed time. The artificial supports provided by expansionism helped to conceal these problems but at the price of eating up huge amounts of money and further reinforcing the problems of limited demand, technical inadequacy and decentralisation. The costs of running the empire continued to increase exponentially along with a corresponding decrease in productivity and the ability of many to pay. From this we see the rise bureaucracy and therefore further pressure on the Roman citizens (the middle classes in particular). The increasing materialism of the Romans also seemed to contribute to a general weakening of the Roman 'spirit'. The empire had dug itself into a hole from which it could not escape and went into terminal decline. The barbarisation of the military beginning under Hadrian and the disastrous political effects of this were also very important. It was the legions that had repressed the Republic and it was the legions once again who violated the "majesty of the purple". The civil wars which were the result of this along with its political, economic and social problems affected the empire to such an extent that it could no longer defend itself effectively against its enemies. By the fourth century such damage had been inflicted that the Roman world was never the same again and eventually went into terminal decline.

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Julian Fenner. University of Manchester (UK)

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Wells # Effi Briest - Theodore Fontane # Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy # The Real Charlotte - Somerville and Ross # The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman # Born in Exile - George Gissing # Diary of a Nobody - George & Weedon Grossmith # The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle # News from Nowhere - William Morris # New Grub Street - George Gissing # Gösta Berling's Saga - Selma Lagerlöf # Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy # The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde # The Kreutzer Sonata - Leo Tolstoy # La Bête Humaine - Émile Zola # By the Open Sea - August Strindberg # Hunger - Knut Hamsun # The Master of Ballantrae - Robert Louis Stevenson # Pierre and Jean - Guy de Maupassant # Fortunata and Jacinta - Benito Pérez Galdés # The People of Hemsö - August Strindberg # The Woodlanders - Thomas Hardy # She - H. Rider Haggard # The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson # The Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy # Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson # King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard # Germinal - Émile Zola # The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain # Bel-Ami - Guy de Maupassant # Marius the Epicurean - Walter Pater # Against the Grain - Joris-Karl Huysmans # The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy # A Woman's Life - Guy de Maupassant # Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson # The House by the Medlar Tree - Giovanni Verga # The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James # Bouvard and Pécuchet - Gustave Flaubert # Ben-Hur - Lew Wallace # Nana - Émile Zola # The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky # The Red Room - August Strindberg # Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy # Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy # Drunkard - Émile Zola # Virgin Soil - Ivan Turgenev # Daniel Deronda - George Eliot # The Hand of Ethelberta - Thomas Hardy # The Temptation of Saint Anthony - Gustave Flaubert # Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy # The Enchanted Wanderer - Nicolai Leskov # Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne # In a Glass Darkly - Sheridan Le Fanu # The Devils - Fyodor Dostoevsky # Erewhon - Samuel Butler # Spring Torrents - Ivan Turgenev # Middlemarch - George Eliot # Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There - Lewis Carroll # King Lear of the Steppes - Ivan Turgenev # He Knew He Was Right - Anthony Trollope # War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy # Sentimental Education - Gustave Flaubert # Phineas Finn - Anthony Trollope # Maldoror - Comte de Lautréaumont # The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoevsky # The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins # Little Women - Louisa May Alcott # Thérèse Raquin - Émile Zola # The Last Chronicle of Barset - Anthony Trollope # Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Jules Verne # Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll # Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens # Uncle Silas - Sheridan Le Fanu # Notes from the Underground - Fyodor Dostoevsky # The Water-Babies - Charles Kingsley # Les Misérables - Victor Hugo # Fathers and Sons - Ivan Turgenev # Silas Marner - George Eliot # Great Expectations - Charles Dickens # On the Eve - Ivan Turgenev # Castle Richmond - Anthony Trollope # The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot # The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins # The Marble Faun - Nathaniel Hawthorne # Max Havelaar - Multatuli # A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens # Oblomovka - Ivan Goncharov # Adam Bede - George Eliot # Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert # North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell # Hard Times - Charles Dickens # Walden - Henry David Thoreau # Bleak House - Charles Dickens # Villette - Charlotte Brontë # Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell # Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lonely - Harriet Beecher Stowe # The Blithedale Romance - Nathaniel Hawthorne # The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne # Moby-Dick - Herman Melville # The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne # David Copperfield - Charles Dickens # Shirley - Charlotte Brontë # Mary Barton - Elizabeth Gaskell # The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Brontë # Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë # Agnes Grey - Anne Brontë # Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë # Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray # The Count of Monte-Cristo - Alexandre Dumas # La Reine Margot - Alexandre Dumas # The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas # The Purloined Letter - Edgar Allan Poe # Martin Chuzzlewit - Charles Dickens # The Pit and the Pendulum - Edgar Allan Poe # Lost Illusions - Honoré de Balzac # A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens # Dead Souls - Nikolay Gogol # The Charterhouse of Parma - Stendhal # The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe # The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens # Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens # The Nose - Nikolay Gogol # Le Père Goriot - Honoré de Balzac # Eugénie Grandet - Honoré de Balzac # The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo # The Red and the Black - Stendhal # The Betrothed - Alessandro Manzoni # Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper # The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner - James Hogg # The Albigenses - Charles Robert Maturin # Melmoth the Wanderer - Charles Robert Maturin # The Monastery - Sir Walter Scott # Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott # Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley # Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen # Persuasion - Jane Austen # Ormond - Maria Edgeworth # Rob Roy - Sir Walter Scott # Emma - Jane Austen # Mansfield Park - Jane Austen # Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen # The Absentee - Maria Edgeworth # Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen # Elective Affinities - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe # Castle Rackrent - Maria Edgeworth # 1700s # Hyperion - Friedrich Hölderlin # The Nun - Denis Diderot # Camilla - Fanny Burney # The Monk - M.G. Lewis # Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe # The Mysteries of Udolpho - Ann Radcliffe # The Interesting Narrative - Olaudah Equiano # The Adventures of Caleb Williams - William Godwin # Justine - Marquis de Sade # Vathek - William Beckford # The 120 Days of Sodom - Marquis de Sade # Cecilia - Fanny Burney # Confessions - Jean-Jacques Rousseau # Dangerous Liaisons - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos # Reveries of a Solitary Walker - Jean-Jacques Rousseau # Evelina - Fanny Burney # The Sorrows of Young Werther - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe # Humphrey Clinker - Tobias George Smollett # The Man of Feeling - Henry Mackenzie # A Sentimental Journey - Laurence Sterne # Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne # The Vicar of Wakefield - Oliver Goldsmith # The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole # Émile; or, On Education - Jean-Jacques Rousseau # Rameau's Nephew - Denis Diderot # Julie; or, the New Eloise - Jean-Jacques Rousseau # Rasselas - Samuel Johnson # Candide - Voltaire # The Female Quixote - Charlotte Lennox # Amelia - Henry Fielding # Peregrine Pickle - Tobias George Smollett # Fanny Hill - John Cleland # Tom Jones - Henry Fielding # Roderick Random - Tobias George Smollett # Clarissa - Samuel Richardson # Pamela - Samuel Richardson # Jacques the Fatalist - Denis Diderot # Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus - J. Arbuthnot, J. Gay, T. Parnell, A. Pope, J. Swift # Joseph Andrews - Henry Fielding # A Modest Proposal - Jonathan Swift # Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift # Roxana - Daniel Defoe # Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe # Love in Excess - Eliza Haywood # Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe # A Tale of a Tub - Jonathan Swift # Oroonoko - Aphra Behn # The Princess of Clèves - Marie-Madelaine Pioche de Lavergne, Comtesse de La Fayette # The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan # Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra # The Unfortunate Traveller - Thomas Nashe # Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit - John Lyly # Gargantua and Pantagruel - Françoise Rabelais # The Thousand and One Nights - Anonymous # The Golden Ass - Lucius Apuleius # Aithiopika - Heliodorus # Chaireas and Kallirhoe - Chariton # Metamorphoses - Ovid # Aesop's Fables - Aesopus

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