k XII, Chapter I, of the "Institutes." Translated by J. S.
Watson)

TACITUS--(Born about 55 A.D., died about 117.)

I From Republican to Imperial Rome.
(From Book I of the "Annals." The Oxford translation revised)

II The Funeral of Germanicus.
(From Book III of the "Annals." The Oxford translation revised)

III The Death of Seneca.
(From Book XV of the "Annals." The Oxford translation revised)

IV The Burning of Rome by Order of Nero.
(From Book XV of the "Annals." The Oxford translation revised)

V The Burning of the Capitol at Rome.
(From Book III of the "History." The Oxford translation revised)

VI The Siege of Cremona.
(From Book III of the "History." The Oxford translation revised)

VII Agricola.
(The Oxford translation revised)

PLINY THE YOUNGER--(Born in 63 A.D., died in 113.)

I Of the Christians in His Province.
(From the "Letters." The Melmoth translation revised)

II To Tacitus on the Eruption of Vesuvius.
(From the "Letters." The Melmoth translation revised)

SUETONIUS--(Lived in the first half of the second century A.D.)

I The Last Days of Augustus.
(From the "Lives of the Caesars." Translated by Alexander Thomson,
revised by Forester)

II The Good Deeds of Nero.
(From the "Lives of the Caesars." Translated by Thomson, revised by
Forester)

III The Death of Nero.
(From the "Lives of the Caesars." Translated by Thomson, revised by
Forester)

MARCUS AURELIUS--(Born in 121 A.D., died in 180.)

His Debt to Others.
(From the "Meditations." Translated by George Long)

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ROME

234 B.C.--180 A.D.

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CATO, THE CENSOR

Born in Tusculum, Italy, in 234 B.C., died in 149;
celebrated as statesman, general, and writer; questor under
Scipio in 204; Consul in 195; served in Spain in 194; censor
in 184; ambassador to Carthage in 150; one of the chief
instigators of the third Punic war; among his writings are
"De Re Rustica" and "Origines."[1]

OF WORK ON A ROMAN FARM[2]

When the owner of the farm and slaves visits his country villa, after
saluting the household god, he should the same day, if possible, go
round the farm; if not the same day, he should do so the day after. On
seeing how the farm is be