[15]The peculiar force of this verb in the passive form cannot be fitly rendered in a translation. It is, word for word, “I will not be triumphed.”

[16]Cleopatra died the 15th of August, 30 B. C.

Transcriber’s Notes

Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected.

Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.

Table of Contents added by Transcriber and placed into the Public Domain.

Page [53]: “the war of Persia” was printed that way.

Page [65]: “ἐρω.μένην” was printed with the period.

Page [103]: “Οἰ θριαμβεúσομαι” was printed that way.