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The Best of the World's Classics - Volume II of 10 - Rome

The Best of the World's Classics - Volume II of 10 - Rome

by Henry Cabot Lodge

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Editor
Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919
Title
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome
Credits
Produced by Joseph R. Hauser, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Literature -- Collections
Category
Text
eBook-No.
21629
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21629
Release Date
May 28, 2007
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.THE BEST — of the — World's Classics — RESTRICTED TO PROSE
  3. 3.FRANCIS W. HALSEY — Associate Editor — With an Introduction, Biographical and Explanatory Notes, etc. — IN TEN VOLUMES — Vol. II — ROME — FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY — NEW YORK AND LONDON — FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
  4. 4.ROME — 234 b.c. —180 a.d.
  5. 5.Vol. II—Rome
  6. 6.ROME — 234 b.c. —180 a.d.
  7. 7.CATO, THE CENSOR — OF WORK ON A ROMAN FARM [2] — FOOTNOTES:
  8. 8.CICERO
  9. 9.I — THE BLESSINGS OF OLD AGE [4]
  10. 10.II — ON THE DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER TULLIA [22]
  11. 11.III — OF BRAVE AND ELEVATED SPIRITS [23]
  12. 12.IV — OF SCIPIO'S DEATH AND OF FRIENDSHIP [28] — FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13.JULIUS CÆSAR
  14. 14.I — THE BUILDING OF THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE RHINE [34]
  15. 15.II — THE INVASION OF BRITAIN [36]
  16. 16.III — OVERCOMING THE NERVII [44]
  17. 17.IV — THE BATTLE OF PHARSALIA AND THE DEATH OF POMPEY [46] — (48 b.c. ) — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.SALLUST
  19. 19.I — THE GENESIS OF CATILINE [59]
  20. 20.II — THE FATE OF THE CONSPIRATORS [62] — FOOTNOTES:
  21. 21.LIVY
  22. 22.I — HORATIUS COCLES AT THE BRIDGE [68] — (About 510 b.c. )
  23. 23.II — HANNIBAL'S CROSSING OF THE ALPS [70] — (218 b.c. )
  24. 24.III — HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO AT ZAMA [72] — (202 b.c. ) — FOOTNOTES:
  25. 25.SENECA
  26. 26.I — OF THE WISE MAN [76]
  27. 27.II — OF CONSOLATION FOR THE LOSS OF FRIENDS [78]
  28. 28.III — TO NERO ON CLEMENCY [82]
  29. 29.IV — THE PILOT [84]
  30. 30.V — OF A HAPPY LIFE [85] — FOOTNOTES:
  31. 31.PLINY THE ELDER
  32. 32.I — THE QUALITIES OF THE DOG [86]
  33. 33.II — THREE GREAT ARTISTS OF GREECE [93] — FOOTNOTES:
  34. 34.QUINTILIAN — THE ORATOR MUST BE A GOOD MAN [100] — FOOTNOTES:
  35. 35.TACITUS
  36. 36.I — FROM REPUBLICAN TO IMPERIAL ROME [102]
  37. 37.II — THE FUNERAL OF GERMANICUS [106] — (19 a.d. )
  38. 38.III — THE DEATH OF SENECA [113] — (65 a.d. )
  39. 39.IV — THE BURNING OF ROME BY ORDER OF NERO [116] — (64 a.d. )
  40. 40.V — THE BURNING OF THE CAPITOL AT ROME [125] — (69 a.d. )
  41. 41.VI — THE SIEGE OF CREMONA [128] — (69 a.d. )
  42. 42.VII — AGRICOLA [132] — FOOTNOTES:
  43. 43.PLINY THE YOUNGER
  44. 44.I — OF THE CHRISTIANS IN HIS PROVINCE [137]
  45. 45.II — TO TACITUS ON THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS [139] — (79 a.d. ) — FOOTNOTES:
  46. 46.SUETONIUS
  47. 47.I — THE LAST DAYS OF AUGUSTUS [146] — (14 a.d. )
  48. 48.II — THE GOOD DEEDS OF NERO [150]
  49. 49.III — THE DEATH OF NERO [155] — (68 a.d. ) — FOOTNOTES:
  50. 50.MARCUS AURELIUS — HIS DEBT TO OTHERS [158] — FOOTNOTES: — END OF VOLUME II.

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