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The History of Roman Literature
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The History of Roman Literature
Charles Thomas Cruttwell
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CHAPTER I. _On the Earliest Remains of the Latin Language._
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CHAPTER II. _On the Beginnings of Roman Literature._
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CHAPTER III. _The Introduction of Greek Literature--Livius and Naevius_ (240-204 B.C.).
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CHAPTER IV. _Roman Comedy--Plautus to Turpilius_ (254-103 B.C.).
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CHAPTER V. _Roman Tragedy: Ennius--Accius_ (233-94 B.C.).
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CHAPTER VI. _Epic Poetry: Ennius--Furius_ (200-100 B.C.).
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CHAPTER VII. _The Early History of Satire: Ennius to Lucilius_ (200-103 B.C.).
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CHAPTER VIII. _The Minor Departments of Poetry--The Atellanae (Pomponius and
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CHAPTER IX. _Prose Literature--History. Fabius Pictor--Macer_ (210-80 B.C.).
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CHAPTER X. _The History of Oratory before Cicero._
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CHAPTER XI. _Other kinds of Prose Literature: Grammar, Rhetoric, and Philosophy_
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BOOK II. THE GOLDEN AGE.
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CHAPTER I. _Varro._
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CHAPTER II. _Oratory and Philosophy--Cicero_ (106-43 B.C.).
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CHAPTER III. _Historical and Biographical Composition--Caesar--Nepos--Sallust._
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CHAPTER IV. _The History of Poetry to the Close of the Republic--Rise of
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CHAPTER I. _General Characteristics._
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CHAPTER II. _Virgil_ (70-19 B.C.)
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CHAPTER III. _Horace_ (65-8 B.C.).
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CHAPTER IV. _The Elegiac Poets--Gratius--Manilius._
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CHAPTER V. _Prose Writers of the Augustan Age._
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BOOK III. THE DECLINE.
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CHAPTER I. _The Age of Tiberius_ (14-37 A.D.).
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CHAPTER II. _The Reigns of Caligula, Claudius, and Nero_ (37-68 A.D.).
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CHAPTER III. _The Reigns of Caligula, Claudius, and Nero._
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CHAPTER IV. _The Reigns of Caligula, Claudius, and Nero._
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CHAPTER V. _The Reigns of the Flavian Emperors_ (69-96 A.D.).
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CHAPTER VI. _The Reigns of Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian_ (69-96 A.D.).
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CHAPTER VII. _The Reigns of Nerva and Trajan_ (96-117 A.D.).
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CHAPTER VIII. _The Reigns of Hadrian and the Antonines_ (117-180 A.D.).
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CHAPTER IX. _State of Philosophical and Religious Thought during the Period of the
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BOOK I. CHAPTER I.
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CHAPTER II. ON THE BEGINNINGS OF ROMAN LITERATURE.
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CHAPTER III. THE INTRODUCTION OF GREEK LITERATURE--LIVIUS AND NAEVIUS (240-204 B.C.).
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CHAPTER IV. ROMAN COMEDY--PLAUTUS TO TURPILIUS (254-103 B.C.).
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CHAPTER V. ROMAN TRAGEDY (ENNIUS--ACCIUS, 239-94 B.C.).
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CHAPTER VI. EPIC POETRY. ENNIUS--FURIUS (200-100 B.C.)
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CHAPTER VII. THE EARLY HISTORY OF SATIRE (ENNIUS TO LUCILIUS)
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CHAPTER VIII. THE MINOR DEPARTMENTS OF POETRY--THE ATELLANAE (POMPONIUS AND NOVIUS,
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CHAPTER IX. PROSE LITERATURE--HISTORY. FABIUS PICTOR--MACER (210-80 B.C.).
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CHAPTER X. THE HISTORY OF ORATORY BEFORE CICERO.
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CHAPTER XI. OTHER KINDS OF PROSE LITERATURE, GRAMMAR, RHETORIC, AND PHILOSOPHY
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BOOK II. THE GOLDEN AGE.
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CHAPTER I. VARRO.
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Book I.--On the origin of the Latin language.
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CHAPTER II. ORATORY AND PHILOSOPHY--CICERO (106-43 B.C.).
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CHAPTER III. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL COMPOSITION--CAESAR--NEPOS--SALLUST.
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CHAPTER IV. THE HISTORY OF POETRY TO THE CLOSE OF THE REPUBLIC--RISE OF ALEXANDRINISM
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Book I. and the enumeration of female attractions in Book IV.; of the
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CHAPTER I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS.
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CHAPTER II. VIRGIL (70-19 B.C.).
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CHAPTER III. HORACE (65-8 B.C.).
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CHAPTER IV. THE ELEGIAC POETS--GRATIUS--MANILIUS.
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CHAPTER V. PROSE-WRITERS OF THE AUGUSTAN PERIOD.
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BOOK III. THE DECLINE.
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CHAPTER I THE AGE OF TIBERIUS (14-37 A.D.).
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CHAPTER II. THE REIGNS OF CALIGULA, CLAUDIUS, AND NERO (37-68 A.D.).
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CHAPTER III. THE REIGNS OF CALIGULA, CLAUDIUS, AND NERO.
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CHAPTER IV. THE REIGNS OF CALIGULA, CLAUDIUS, AND NERO.
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CHAPTER V. THE REIGNS OP THE FLAVIAN EMPERORS (A.D. 69-96).
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CHAPTER VI THE REIGNS OF VESPASIAN, TITUS, AND DOMITIAN (A.D. 69-96).
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CHAPTER VII. THE REIGNS OF NERVA AND TRAJAN (96-117 A.D.).
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CHAPTER VIII. THE REIGNS OF HADRIAN AND THE ANTONINES (117-180 A.D.).
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CHAPTER IX. STATE OF PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS THOUGHT DURING THE PERIOD OF THE
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BOOK I. CHAPTER I.
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CHAPTER II. [1] The Ludi Romani, as they were afterwards called.
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CHAPTER III. [1] Scipio quoted Homer when he saw the flames of Carthage rising. He is
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CHAPTER IV. [1] See Livy, vii. 2.
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CHAPTER V. [1] _Quadrati versus._ Gell. ii. 29.
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CHAPTER VI. [1] Vahlen, quoted by Teuffel, § 90, 3; see Gell. xvii. 21, 43.
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CHAPTER VII. [1] Satira tota nostra est.--_Quint._ x. i.
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CHAPTER VIII. [1] Liv. vii. 2. The account, however, is extremely confused.
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CHAPTER IX. [1] So says Servius, but this can hardly be correct. See the note at the
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CHAPTER X. [1] The evil results of a judicial system like that of Rome are shown by
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CHAPTER XI. [1] Au vos consulere scitis, consulem facere nescitis? See Teuffel, R. L.
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CHAPTER I. [1] Caes. B. C. ii. 16-20. From i. 36, we learn that all further Spain had
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CHAPTER II. [1] The biographical details are to a great extent drawn from Forsyth's
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CHAPTER III. [1] Cicero went so far as to write some short commentarii on his
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CHAPTER IV. [1] The actors in the _Atellanae_ not only wore masks but had the
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PART II. CHAPTER I.
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CHAPTER II. [1] See Sellar's _Virgil_, p. 107.
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CHAPTER III. [1] In the consulship of L. Aurelius Cotta and L. Manlius Torquatus. "_O
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CHAPTER IV. [1] _E.g._ In the first 100 lines of the _Remedium Amoris_, a long
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CHAPTER V. [1] He was an adept in the _res culinaria_. Tac. An. vi. 7, bitterly notes
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BOOK III. CHAPTER I.
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CHAPTER II. [1] Cal. 34.
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CHAPTER III. [1] Praefectus vigilum.
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CHAPTER IV. [1] Tac. An. xv. 16.
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CHAPTER V. [1] Suetonius calls him _Novocomensis_. He himself speaks of Catullus as
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CHAPTER VI. [1] In the single ancient codex of the Vatican, at the end of the second
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CHAPTER VII. [1] Como.
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CHAPTER VIII. [1] For an excellent account of this inconstant prince see his biography
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CHAPTER IX. [1] The reader is referred to Champagny, _Les Césars_, vols. iii. and iv;
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CHAPTER IV. _Roman Comedy--Plautus to Turpilius_ (254-103 B.C.).
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