Chapter VI
The Reigns of Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian (69-96 A.D.).
2. Poets.
Reduced scope of poetry—Poetry the most dependent on external conditions of any form of written literature—Valerius Flaccus—Silius—His death as described by Pliny—His poem—The elder Statius—Statius—An extempore poet—His public recitations—The Silvae—The Thebaid and Achilleid —His similes—Arruntius Stella—Martial—His death as recounted by Pliny —The epigram—Other poets.
APPENDIX.—On the Similes of Virgil, Lucan, and Statius.