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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) | |