Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Robert Franklin Pennell
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page 209 of 307 (68%)
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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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