Vol. II—Rome

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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)

Cicero—(Born in 106 b.c., assassinated in 43.)

I The Blessings of Old Age. 8

(From the "Cato Major." Translated by Cyrus 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)

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 the Gallic War." Translated by McDivett and Bohn)

III Overcoming the Nervii. 71

(From Book II of the "Commentaries on the Gallic War." Translated by McDivett and Bohn)

IV The Battle of Pharsalia and the Death of Pompey. 78

(From Book III of the "Commentaries on the Gallic War." Translated by McDivett and Bohn)

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)

Livy—(Born in 59 b.c., died in 17 a.d.)

I Horatius Cocles at the Bridge. 105

(From Book II of the "History of Rome." Translated by D. Spillan and Cyrus R. Edmonds)

II Hannibal's Crossing of the Alps. 108

(From Book XXI of the "History of Rome." Translated by Spillan and Edmonds)

III Hannibal and Scipio at Zama. 117

(From Book XXX of the "History of Rome." Translated by Spillan and Edmonds)

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 by Aubrey Stewart)

II Of Consolation for the Loss of Friends. 134

(From Book VI of the "Minor Essays." Translated by Aubrey Stewart)

III To Nero on Clemency.141

(From the "Minor Essays." Translated by Aubrey 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 by Aubrey Stewart)

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 by Bostock and Riley)

II Three Great Artists of Greece.165

(From the "Natural History." Translated by Bostock and Riley)

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)

Tacitus—(Born about 55 a.d., died about 117.)

I From Republican to Imperial Rome. 177

(From Book I of the "Annals." The Oxford translation revised)

II The Funeral of Germanicus. 183

(From Book III of the "Annals." The Oxford translation revised)

III The Death of Seneca. 189

(From Book XV of the "Annals." The Oxford translation 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 Oxford translation revised)

VII Agricola. 212

(The Oxford translation revised)

Pliny the Younger—(Born in 63 a.d., died in 113.)

I Of the Christians in His Province. 218

(From the "Letters." The Melmoth translation revised)

II To Tacitus on the Eruption of Vesuvius. 222

(From the "Letters." The Melmoth translation revised)

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." Translated by Thomson, revised by Forester)

III The Death of Nero. 241

(From the "Lives of the Cæsars." Translated by Thomson, revised by Forester)

Marcus Aurelius—(Born in 121 a.d., died in 180.)

His Debt to Others. 248

(From the "Meditations." Translated by George Long)