Rome and Carthage (Epochs of History). R. Bosworth Smith. The History of Rome (History Primer Series). M. Creighton. The Early Empire (Epochs of History). W. W. Capes. The Roman Triumvirates (Epochs of History). Charles Merivale. The Age of the Antonines (Epochs of History). W. W. Capes. Myths of Greece and Rome. H. A. Guerber. The Story of the Romans. H. A. Guerber. The Development of the Roman Constitution (History Primer Series). Ambrose Tighe. NOTE In the Notes the references to Harkness’ Grammar occur in two forms, the first referring to the New Latin Grammar (1898), the second, in brackets, to the Standard Latin Grammar. NOTES LIFE OF EUTROPIUS Of the life of Eutropius we know very little. Only once in his work does he mention himself, Bk. X, Ch. 16. He was proconsul in Asia in 371 A.D., and praetorian praefect 380-387 A.D. He is said to have been the secretary of the Emperor Constantine the Great. The only one of his works that is extant is the _Breviārium_, a brief history of Rome from the founding of the city to the death of the Emperor Jovian, 364 A.D. He dedicated the work to the Emperor Valens, 364-378 A.D., composing it probably at the emperor’s request. Through the republican period he follows Livy, whom he knows at first hand. Afterwards he takes Suetonius and the Augustan History for his guides. His style is simple and terse, and the diction is very good for the age in which the book was written. As a historian his judgment is cool and impartial. He makes some blunders, but mostly in the matter of dates. A Greek translation made by a certain Capito, a Lycian, is mentioned, but it has been lost. A later Greek version by Paeanius is extant. BOOK I PAGE 7. CH. 1. Line 1. =Rōmānum=: note emphatic position. =Rōmulō=: see the legend of Romulus and Remus in Ihne, p. 32; Livy, Bk. I, IV; Guerber, p. 140. 2. =Vestālis virginis=: the Vestals were a kind of nuns, six in number, who were priestesses of Vesta. It was their duty to keep the fire on the altar in her temple in the Forum burning constantly. “Her altar, with its ever-burning fire, was the family hearth of the state, from which the household fires were kindled at certain dates.” Lanciani, _Anc. Rome_, Ch. VI. =fīlius=: in apposition with _quī_, subject of _putātus est_. =quantum putātus est=: ‘as he was thought’ ＝ ‘as it was thought’; note that the Latin prefers the personal construction where we prefer the impersonal. 3. =is=: emphatic position. =cum … latrōcinārētur=: the student should note the different uses of _cum_, viz.: Temporal, with Indicative or Subjunctive; Causal and Concessive, with Subjunctive alone; cf. _cum … compāruisset_, Ch. 2; _cum … habērent_, Ch. 2; _cum … ēgissent_, Ch. 18.