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Cato the Censor-(Born in 234 b.c., died in 149.)
Of Work on a Roman Farm. (From "De Re Rustica." Translated by Dr. E. Wilson) Cicero-(Born in 106 b.c., assassinated in 43.)
I: The Blessings of Old Age. (From the "Cato Major." Translated by Cyrus R. Edmonds)
II: On the Death of His Daughter Tullia. (A letter to Sulpicius)
III: Of Brave and Elevated Spirits. (From Book I of the "Offices." Translated by Cyrus R. Edmonds)
IV: Of Scipio's Death and of Friendship. 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. (From Book IV of the "Commentaries on the Gallic War." Translated by McDivett and W. S. Bohn)
II: The Invasion of Britain. (From Book V of the "Commentaries on the Gallic War." Translated by McDivett and Bohn)
III: Overcoming the Nervii. (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. (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. (From the "Conspiracy of Catiline." Translated by J. S. Watson)
II: The Fate of the Conspirators. (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. (From Book II of the "History of Rome." Translated by D. Spillan and Cyrus R. Edmonds)
II: Hannibal's Crossing of the Alps. (From Book XXI of the "History of Rome." Translated by Spillan and Edmonds)
III: Hannibal and Scipio at Zama. (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. (From Book II of the "Minor Essays." Translated by Aubrey Stewart)
II: Of Consolation for the Loss of Friends. (From Book VI of the "Minor Essays." Translated by Aubrey Stewart)
III: To Nero on Clemency. (From the "Minor Essays." Translated by Aubrey Stewart)
IV: The Pilot. (From Epistle 85. Translated by Thomas Lodge)
V: Of a Happy Life. (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. (From the "Natural History." Translated by Bostock and Riley)
II: Three Great Artists of Greece. (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. (From Book XII, Chapter I, of the "Institutes." Translated by J. S. Watson)
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