Rhetoric
- Germania and AgricolaGermania and Agricola
These two short works describe Germanic peoples and recount a Roman governor's life in Britain. The British leader Calgacus condemns Roman conquest in a speech before battle.
- PhaedrusPhaedrus
A conversation between Socrates and Phaedrus examines love and the art of speaking well. Beside a stream outside Athens, Socrates pictures the soul as a chariot pulled by two very different horses.