The History of Roman Literature From the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius

CHAPTER III.

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_Historical and Biographical Composition--Caesar--Nepos--Sallust._

Roman view of history--Caesar's _Commentaries_--Trustworthiness of his statements--His style--A. Hirtius--Other writers of commentaries--Caesar's oratorical and scientific position--Cornelius Nepos--C. Sallustius Crispus--Tubero.

APPENDIX.--On the _Acta Diurna_ and _Acta Senatus_.