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| [Cato the Censor—(Born in 234 b.c., died in 149.)] |
| | | [ Of Work on a Roman Farm. ] | [3] |
| | | (From "De Re Rustica." Translated by Dr. E.Wilson) |
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| [Cicero—(Born in 106 b.c., assassinated in 43.)] |
| I | | [ The Blessings of Old Age]. | [8] |
| | | (From the "Cato Major." Translated byCyrus R. Edmonds) | |
| II | | [ On the Death of His Daughter Tullia. (A letter to Sulpicius)] | [34] |
| III | | [ Of Brave and Elevated Spirits. ] | [37] |
| | | (From Book I of the "Offices."Translated by Cyrus R. Edmonds) | |
| IV | | [ Of Scipio's Death and of Friendship.] | [43] |
| | | From the "Dialog on Friendship." (Translated by Cyrus R. Edmonds) |
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| [Julius Cæsar—(Born in 100 b.c., assassinated in 44.)] |
| I | | [ The Building of the Bridge Across the Rhine. ] | [61] |
| | | (From Book IV of the"Commentaries on the Gallic War." Translated by McDivett and W. S.Bohn) | |
| II | | [ The Invasion of Britain. ] | [64] |
| | | (From Book V of the "Commentaries on theGallic War." Translated by McDivett and Bohn) | |
| III | | [ Overcoming the Nervii. ] | [71] |
| | | (From Book II of the "Commentaries on theGallic War." Translated by McDivett and Bohn) | |
| IV | | [ The Battle of Pharsalia and the Death of Pompey. ] | [78] |
| | | (From Book III ofthe "Commentaries on the Gallic War." Translated by McDivett and Bohn) |
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| [Sallust—(Born about 86 b.c., died about 34.)] |
| I | | [ The Genesis of Catiline]. | [91] |
| | | (From the "Conspiracy of Catiline."Translated by J. S. Watson) | |
| II | | [ The Fate of the Conspirators.] | [98] |
| | | (From the "Conspiracy of Catiline."Translated by J. S. Watson) |
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| [Livy—(Born in 59 b.c., died in 17 a.d.)] |
| I | | [ Horatius Cocles at the Bridge. ] | [105] |
| | | (From Book II of the "History ofRome." Translated by D. Spillan and Cyrus R. Edmonds) | |
| II | | [ Hannibal's Crossing of the Alps. ] | [108] |
| | | (From Book XXI of the "History ofRome." Translated by Spillan and Edmonds) | |
| III | | [ Hannibal and Scipio at Zama. ] | [117] |
| | | (From Book XXX of the "History ofRome." Translated by Spillan and Edmonds) |
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| [Seneca—(Born about 4 b.c., died in 65 a.d.]) |
| I | | [ Of the Wise Man. ] | [128] |
| | | (From Book II of the "Minor Essays." Translated byAubrey Stewart) | |
| II | | [ Of Consolation for the Loss of Friends. ] | [134] |
| | | (From Book VI of the "MinorEssays." Translated by Aubrey Stewart) | |
| III | | [ To Nero on Clemency.] | [141] |
| | | (From the "Minor Essays." Translated byAubrey Stewart) | |
| IV | | [ The Pilot. ] | [149] |
| | | (From Epistle 85. Translated by Thomas Lodge) | |
| V | | [ Of a Happy Life. ] | [153] |
| | | (From Book VII of the "Minor Essays." Translated byAubrey Stewart) |
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| [Pliny the Elder—(Born in 23 a.d., perished in the Eruption of Vesuvius.)] |
| I | | [ The Qualities of the Dog. ] | [162] |
| | | (From the "Natural History." Translated byBostock and Riley) | |
| II | | [ Three Great Artists of Greece.] | [165] |
| | | (From the "Natural History."Translated by Bostock and Riley) |
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| [Quintilian—(Born about 35 a.d., died about 95.)] |
| | | [ The Orator Must Be a Good Man. ] | [171] |
| | | (From Book XII, Chapter I, of the"Institutes." Translated by J. S. Watson) |
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| [Tacitus—(Born about 55 a.d., died about 117.)] |
| I | | [ From Republican to Imperial Rome.] | [177] |
| | | (From Book I of the "Annals." TheOxford translation revised) | |
| II | | [ The Funeral of Germanicus. ] | [183] |
| | | (From Book III of the "Annals." TheOxford translation revised) | |
| III | | [ The Death of Seneca.] | [189] |
| | | (From Book XV of the "Annals." The Oxfordtranslation revised) | |
| IV | | [ The Burning of Rome by Order of Nero.] | [193] |
| | | (From Book XV of the"Annals." The Oxford translation revised) | |
| V | | [ The Burning of the Capitol at Rome.] | [202] |
| | | (From Book III of the "History."The Oxford translation revised) | |
| VI | | [ The Siege of Cremona.] | [205] |
| | | (From Book III of the "History." The Oxfordtranslation revised) | |
| VII | | [ Agricola. ] | [212] |
| | | (The Oxford translation revised) |
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| [Pliny the Younger—(Born in 63 a.d., died in 113.)] |
| I | | [ Of the Christians in His Province. ] | [218] |
| | | (From the "Letters." The Melmothtranslation revised) | |
| II | | [ To Tacitus on the Eruption of Vesuvius. ] | [222] |
| | | (From the "Letters." TheMelmoth translation revised) |
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| [Suetonius—(Lived in the first half of the second century a.d.)] |
| I | | [ The Last Days of Augustus.] | [231] |
| | | (From the "Lives of the Cæsars."Translated by Alexander Thomson, revised by Forester) | |
| II | | [ The Good Deeds of Nero.] | [236] |
| | | (From the "Lives of the Cæsars." Translatedby Thomson, revised by Forester) | |
| III | | [ The Death of Nero. ] | [241] |
| | | (From the "Lives of the Cæsars." Translated byThomson, revised by Forester) |
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| [Marcus Aurelius—(Born in 121 a.d., died in 180.)] |
| | | [ His Debt to Others. ] | [248] |
| | | (From the "Meditations." Translated by GeorgeLong) | |