Attica Nights (volume 6-10)
by (ancient Rome) Aulus Gelius
About This Novel
According to the author's own account, "Attica Nights" are the notes he made while reading various books during the long night in Attica. Its content covers everything from philosophy, history, literature, aesthetics, and law; astronomy and geography, three religions and nine streams, customs, culture and entertainment, food, clothing, housing, and transportation; it includes prose, legends, allusions, poems, and songs. It is truly an encyclopedia of Greek and Roman society. There is no clear verification of the time when the book was written. A scholar in the Middle Ages marked the book in 169 AD in an ancient manuscript. In this book, Gelius basically does not involve contemporary events, nor does he involve many sharp contradictions and political issues in Greek and Roman society, and he rarely reveals his political preferences and inclinations. It is worth the attention of lawyers, Roman law scholars and enthusiasts that the book contains a large number of chapters involving Greek and Roman law, covering legal philosophy, criminal law, civil law and other academic fields. It is a very important reference material for Roman law and Western legal history.
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