Biondo Flavio was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance discovery of antiquity and popularized the term Middle Age to describe the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the revival of antiquity in his own time. Italy Illuminated is a topographical work exploring the Roman roots of Italy.

This volume samples a broad range of literature from the ancient world. It offers extensive selections from The Bible, The Book of Songs, The Mahabharata, The Ramayana, and Virgil's Aenid, as well as seven longer works in their entirety, including The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Odyssey .

Musaicum Books presents this meticoulusly edited and formatted sellection of the greatest works of world literature, from ancient Greece and Rome to Modern American literature: Volume I – Greece Volume II – Rome Volume III – Great Britain and Ireland I Volume IV – Great Britain and Ireland II Volume V – Great Britain and Ireland III Volume VI – Great Britain and Ireland IV Volume VII – Continental Europe I Volume VIII – Continental Europe II Volume IX – America I Volume X – America II