THE BEST of the World's Classics RESTRICTED TO PROSE Decorative Image
HENRY CABOT LODGE Editor-in-Chief
FRANCIS W. HALSEY Associate Editor
The Best of the World's Classics VOL. II
ROME 234 b.c. 180 a.d.
CONTENTS Vol. II Rome
ROME 234 b.c. 180 a.d. (2)
CATO, THE CENSOR
CICERO
I THE BLESSINGS OF OLD AGE [4]
II ON THE DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER TULLIA [22]
III OF BRAVE AND ELEVATED SPIRITS [23]
IV OF SCIPIO'S DEATH AND OF FRIENDSHIP [28]
JULIUS CAESAR
I THE BUILDING OF THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE RHINE [34]
II THE INVASION OF BRITAIN [36]
III OVERCOMING THE NERVII [44]
IV THE BATTLE OF PHARSALIA AND THE DEATH OF POMPEY [46] (48 b.c. )
SALLUST
I THE GENESIS OF CATILINE [59]
II THE FATE OF THE CONSPIRATORS [62]
LIVY
I HORATIUS COCLES AT THE BRIDGE [68] (About 510 b.c. )
II HANNIBAL'S CROSSING OF THE ALPS [70] (218 b.c. )
III HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO AT ZAMA [72] (202 b.c. )
SENECA
I OF THE WISE MAN [76]
II OF CONSOLATION FOR THE LOSS OF FRIENDS [78]
III TO NERO ON CLEMENCY [82]
IV THE PILOT [84]
V OF A HAPPY LIFE [85]
PLINY THE ELDER
I THE QUALITIES OF THE DOG [86]
II THREE GREAT ARTISTS OF GREECE [93]
QUINTILIAN
TACITUS
I FROM REPUBLICAN TO IMPERIAL ROME [102]
II THE FUNERAL OF GERMANICUS [106] (19 a.d. )
III THE DEATH OF SENECA [113] (65 a.d. )
IV THE BURNING OF ROME BY ORDER OF NERO [116] (64 a.d. )
V THE BURNING OF THE CAPITOL AT ROME [125] (69 a.d. )
VI THE SIEGE OF CREMONA [128] (69 a.d. )
VII AGRICOLA [132]
PLINY THE YOUNGER
I OF THE CHRISTIANS IN HIS PROVINCE [137]
II TO TACITUS ON THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS [139] (79 a.d. )
SUETONIUS
I THE LAST DAYS OF AUGUSTUS [146] (14 a.d. )
II THE GOOD DEEDS OF NERO [150]
III THE DEATH OF NERO [155] (68 a.d. )
MARCUS AURELIUS
