ROMAN LITERATURE.
[Chapter I].—Latin and its Oldest Monuments.
(Pages 303-307.)
Italy Peopled, [303].—The Latin Language, [304].—Ancient Latin Relics, [305].
[Chapter II].—Dawn of Roman Literature.
(Pages 307-329.)
Indebtedness of Rome to Greek Authors, [307].—The Roman Drama, [308].—Livius Andronicus, [309].—Cneius Nævius, [310].—Ennius, [311].—Plautus, [312].—“The Captives,” [313].—Terence, [315].—“The Self-Tormentor,” [317].—Decline of the Drama, [319].—Epic Poetry, [320].—Nævius and Ennius as Epic Poets, [320].—Satiric Poetry, [322].—Lucilius, [323].—Early Latin Prose, [324].—Cato the Censor, [324].—Lælius, Scipio, and the Gracchi, [326].—Antonius, Crassus, and Hortensius, [327].—Minor Historians and Orators, [328].
[Chapter III].—Golden Age of Roman Literature.
(Pages 329-388.)