The History of Roman Literature From the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius
CHAPTER V.
_The Reigns of the Flavian Emperors_ (69-96 A.D.).
1. _Prose Writers_.
A new literary epoch--Marked by common characteristics--Decay of national genius--Pliny the elder--Account of his death translated from the younger Pliny--His studious habits--The _Natural History_--Its character and value--Quintilian--Account of his book _de Institutione Oratoria_-- Frontinus--A valuable and accurate writer--Grammatical studies.
APPENDIX.--Quintilian's Criticism on the Roman Authors.