Lays of Ancient Rome is collection of ballads about heroic episodes in Roman history written by Thomas Babington Macaulay, becoming immensely popular in Victorian times, and were a popular subject for recitation, a common pastime of the era.
Macaulay explains that his intention was to write poems resembling thos.
The Roman ballads are preceded by brief introductions, discussing the legends from a scholarly perspective.
It was set reading in British public schools for more than a hundred years.
Lays of Ancient Rome is collection of ballads about heroic episodes in Roman history written by Thomas Babington Macaulay, becoming immensely popular in Victorian times, and were a popular subject for recitation, a common pastime of the era
