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I.

       On the Earliest Remains of the Latin Language.

      Early inhabitants of Italy—Italic dialects—Latin—Latin alphabet—Later innovations—Pronunciation—Spelling—Early Monuments—Song of Fratres Arvales—Salian Hymn—Law of Romulus—Laws of Twelve Tables—Treaty between Rome and Carthage—Columna Rastrata—Epitaphs of the Scipios—Senatus Consultum de Bacchanalibus—Break-up of the language.

      APPENDIX.—Examples of late corrupted dialects

      CHAPTER II.

       On the Beginnings of Roman Literature.

      The Latin character—Romans a practical people—Their religion unromantic—Primitive culture of Latium—Germs of drama and epos—No early historians—Early speeches—Ballad literature—No early Roman epos—Poets despised—Fescenninae—Saturae—Mime or Planipes—Atellanae- Saturnian metre—Early interest in politics and law as giving the germs of oratory and jurisprudence.

      CHAPTER III.

      The Introduction of Greek Literature—Livius and Naevius (240–204 B.C.).

      Introduction of Greek literature to Rome—Its first translators—Livius

       Andronicus—His translation of the Odyssey, Tragedies, &c.—Cn. Naevius—Inventor of Praetextae—Style—A politician—Writer of the first national epic poem—His exile and death—Cicero's opinion of him— His epitaph.

      CHAPTER IV.

      Roman Comedy—Plautus to Turpilius (254–103 B.C.).

      The Roman theatre—Plan of construction—Comedy—Related to Athenian Middle and New Comedy—Plautus—His plays—Their plots and style—Palliatae and Togatae—His metres—Caecilius—Admires Terence—Terence—His intimate friends—His style—Use of contamination—Lesser comedians.

      CHAPTER V.

      Roman Tragedy: Ennius—Accius (233–94 B.C.).

      Contrast between Greek and Roman tragedy—Oratorical form of Latin tragedy—Ennius—The father of Roman poetry—His humamitas—Relations with Scipio—A follower of Pythagoras—His tragedies—Pacuvius—Painter and tragedian—Cicero's criticism of his Niptra—His epitaph—L. Accius—The last tragic writer—A reformer of spelling.

      APPENDIX.—On some fragments of Sueius or Suevius.

      CHAPTER VI.

      Epic Poetry: Ennius—Furius (200–100 B.C.).

      Naevius and Ennius—Olympic deities and heroes of Roman story—Hexameter of Ennius—Its treatment—Matius—Hostius—Furius.

      CHAPTER VII.

      The Early History of Satire: Ennius to Lucilius (200–103 B.C.).

      Roman satire a native growth—Origin of word "Saturae"—It is didactic—Not necessarily poetical in form—Ennius—Pacuvius—Lucilius—The objects of his attack—His popularity—His humility—His style and language.

      CHAPTER VIII.

       The Minor Departments of Poetry—The Atellanae (Pomponius and Novius, circ. 90 B.C.) and the Epigram (Ennius—Callus, 100 BC).

      Atellanae—Oscan in origin—Novius—Pomponius—Mummius—Epigrammatists—Catulus—Porcius Licinius—Pompilius—Valerius Aedituus.

      CHAPTER IX.

      Prose Literature—History. Fabius Pictor—Macer (210–80 B.C.).

      Early records—Annales, Libri Lintei, Commentarii, &c.—Narrow view of history—Fabius—Cincius Alimentus—Cato—Creator of Latin prose—His orations—His Origines—His treatise on agriculture—His miscellaneous writings—Catonis dicta—Calpurnius Piso—Sempronius Asellio—Claudius Quadrigarius Valerius Antias—Licinius Macer.

      APPENDIX.—On the Annales Pontificum.

      CHAPTER X.

       The History of Oratory before Cicero.

      Comparison of English, Greek, and Roman oratory—AppiusCornelius Cethegus—Cato—Laelius—The younger Scipio—Galba—Carbo—The Gracchi—Self-praise of ancient orators—Aemilius Scaurus—Rutilius—Catulus—A violent death often the fate of a Roman orator—M. Antonius—Crassus—The Roman law-courts—Bribery and corruption prevalent in them—Feelings and prejudices appealed to—Cotta and Sulpicius—Carbo the younger—Hortensius—His friendship for Cicero—Asiatic and Attic styles.

      CHAPTER XI.

      Other kinds of Prose Literature: Grammar, Rhetoric, and Philosophy (147–63 B.C.).

      Legal writers—P. Mucius Scaevola—Q. Mucius Scaevola—Rhetoric—

       Plotius Gallus—Cornificius—Grammatical science—Aelius Stilo—

       Philosophy—Amafinius—Rabirius—Relation of philosophy to

       religion.

      BOOK II.

      THE GOLDEN AGE.

       FROM THE CONSULSHIP OF CICERO TO THE DEATH OF AUGUSTUS (63 B.C.-l4 A.D.).

      PART I.

      THE REPUBLICAN PERIOD.

      CHAPTER I.

       Varro.

      The two Divisions of this culminating period—Classical authors—Varro

      —His life, his character, his encyclopaedic mind—His Menippean Satires—Logistorici-Antiquities Divine and Human—Imagines—De Lingua Latina—De Re Rustica.

      APPENDIX.—Note I. The Menippean Satires of Varro,

       " II. The Logistorici, " III. Fragments of Atacinus, " IV. The Jurists, Critics, and Grammarians of less note.

      CHAPTER II.

      Oratory and Philosophy—Cicero (106–43 B.C.).

      Cicero—His life—Pro Roscio—In Verrem—Pro Cluentio—Pro lege Manilia—Pro Rabirio—Cicero and Clodius—His exile—Pro Milone—His Philippics—Criticism of his oratory—Analysis of Pro Milone—His Philosophy, moral and political—On the existence of God and the human soul—List of his philosophical works—His rhetorical works—His letters—His contemporaries and successors.

      APPENDIX.—Poetry of M. and Q. Cicero.

      CHAPTER III.

       Historical and Biographical Composition—Caesar—Nepos—Sallust.

      Roman view of history—Caesar's Commentaries—Trustworthiness of his statements—His style—A. Hirtius—Other writers of commentaries—Caesar's oratorical and scientific position—Cornelius Nepos—C. Sallustius Crispus—Tubero.

      APPENDIX.—On

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