Oratory Neglected—Declamation takes its place—Porcius Latro—Annaeus
Seneca—History—Livy—Opportune appearance of his work—Criticism of his
method—Pompeius Trogus—Vitruvius—Grammarians—Fenestella—Verrius
Flaccus—Hyginus—Law and philosophy.
APPENDIX.—Note I. A Suasoria translated from Seneca,
" II. Some Observations on the Theory of Rhetoric, from
Quintilian, Book III.
BOOK III.
THE DECLINE. FROM THE ACCESSION OF TIBERIUS TO THE DEATH OF M. AURELIUS, A.D. 14-180.
CHAPTER I.
The Age of Tiberius (14-37 A.D.).
Sudden collapse of letters—Cause of this—Tiberius—Changed position of literature—Vellius Paterculus—Valerius Maximus—Celsus—Remmius Palaemon—Germanicus—Phaedrus—Pomponius Secundus the tragedian.
CHAPTER II.
The Reigns of Caligula, Claudius, and Nero (37-68 A.D.).
1. Poets.