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Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Robert Franklin Pennell
page 209 of 307 (68%)
PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO left three books of _Amores_; one of
_Heroides_; the _Ars Amatoria_; _Remedia Amoris_; the
_Metamorphoses_ (fifteen books); the _Tristia_; and the
_Fasti_. (See page 181.)


LIVY (59 B.C.--17 A.D.).

TITUS LIVIUS left a history of Rome, of which thirty-five books have
been preserved. (See page 181.)


PHAEDRUS.

PHAEDRUS, a writer of fables, flourished in the reign of Tiberius (14-
37). He was originally a slave. His fables are ninety-seven in number,
and are written in iambic verse.


SENECA (8 B.C.--65 A.D.)

For an account of this writer see the chapter on the Emperor Nero,
page 189.


CURTIUS.

QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS was a historian who lived in the reign of
Claudius (50 A.D.). He wrote a history of the exploits of Alexander
the Great.
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