APPENDIX.--On the _Acta Diurna_ and _Acta Senatus_. CHAPTER IV. _The History of Poetry to the Close of the Republic--Rise of Alexandrinism--Lucretius---Catullus._ The Drama--J. Caesar Strabo--The _Mimae_--D. Laberius--Publilius Syrus--Matius--Pantomimi--Actors--The poetry of Cicero and Caesar-- Alexandria and its writers--Aratus--Callimachus--Apollonius Rhodius-- Euphorion--Lucretius--His philosophical opinions and style--Bibaculus-- Varro Atacinus--Calvus--Catullus--Lesbia. APPENDIX.--Note I. On the Use of Alliteration in Latin Poetry, " II. Some additional details on the History of the _Mimus_, " III. Fragments of Valerius Soranus. PART II. _THE AUGUSTAN EPOCH_ (42 B.C.-l4 A.D.). CHAPTER I. _General Characteristics._ Common features of the Augustan authors--Augustus's relation to them --Maecenas--The Apotheosis of the emperor--Rhetoricians not orators-- Historians--Jurists--Poets--Messala--Varius--Anser--Macer. CHAPTER II. _Virgil_ (70-19 B.C.) Virgil--His earliest verses--His life and character--The minor poems --The _Eclogues_--The _Georgics_--Virgil's love of Nature--His aptitude for epic poetry--The scope of the _Aeneid_--The _Aeneid_ a religious poem --Its relation to preceding poetry. APPENDIX.--Note I. Imitations of Virgil in Propertius, Ovid, and Manilius, " II. On the shortening of final o in Latin poetry, " III. On parallelism in Virgil's poetry, " IV. On the Legends connected with Virgil. CHAPTER III. _Horace_ (65-8 B.C.). Horace--His life--The dates of his works--Two aspects: a lyric poet and a man of the world--His _Odes_ and _Epodes_--His patriotic odes--Excellences of the odes--The _Satires_ and _Epistles_--Horace as a moralist--The _Ars Poetica_--Horace's literary criticism--Lesser poets. CHAPTER IV. _The Elegiac Poets--Gratius--Manilius._ Roman elegy--Cornelius Callus--Domitius Marsus--Tibullus--Propertius-- Ovid--His life--_The Art of Love_--His exile--Doubtful and spurious poems --Lesser erotic and epic poets--Gratius--Manilius. CHAPTER V. _Prose Writers of the Augustan Age._ Oratory Neglected--Declamation takes its place--Porcius Latro--Annaeus Seneca--History--Livy--Opportune appearance of his work--Criticism of his method--Pompeius Trogus--Vitruvius--Grammarians--Fenestella--Verrius Flaccus--Hyginus--Law and philosophy. APPENDIX.--Note I. A _Suasoria_ translated from Seneca, " II. Some Observations on the Theory of Rhetoric, from Quintilian, Book III. BOOK III. THE DECLINE. FROM THE ACCESSION OF TIBERIUS TO THE DEATH OF M. AURELIUS, A.D. 14-180. CHAPTER I. _The Age of Tiberius_ (14-37 A.D.). Sudden collapse of letters--Cause of this--Tiberius--Changed position of literature--Vellius Paterculus--Valerius Maximus--Celsus--Remmius Palaemon--Germanicus--Phaedrus--Pomponius Secundus the tragedian. CHAPTER II. _The Reigns of Caligula, Claudius, and Nero_ (37-68 A.D.).