Decline of letters 344

Epic poetry--Lucan 344

Silius Italicus 344

Claudian 345

Persius, Juvenal 345

Martial 346

History--Velleius Paterculus 346

Valerius Maximus 346

Tacitus 347

Quintus Curtius 347

Rhetoric--Seneca the elder 348

Quintilian 348

Appuleius 349

Philosophy--Seneca 349

The elder Pliny 349

His nephew 350

Grammarians--Macrobius 350

Marcellinus 350

Legal writers--Gains 350

Science and art 351

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Roman Forum FRONTISPIECE
Puteal on a Coin of the Scribonia Gens TITLE-PAGE
Map of Italy
Temple of Janus vi
Julius Caesar vii
Virgil xxx
Tivoli, the ancient Tibur 1
Gate of Arpinum 6
The Alban Hills 7
Plan of the City of Romulus 11
Salii carrying the Ancilia 13
Arch of Volaterrae 15
Pons Sublicius, restored by Canina 16
Cloaca Maxima