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1、THEHISTORYOFROME,BYTITUSL1VIUS._4¢TRANSLATEDFROMTHEORIGINAL_WITHNOTESANDILLUST_TIONS_BYGEORGEBAKER,A.M.HistoryisPhilosophyteeingbye.vamplee.BOUNG_W_KE.FIRSTAMERICANsFROMTHELASTLONDONEDITION'.INSIXVOLUMES.--VOL.I.NEWYORK:PUBLISHEDBYPETERA,MESIE_COLLINS_ZCO,$._T.SWORD$_AoT,_.GO
2、ODRICH_HENKYI.MEGARY_lt._W.A.BARTOW_8.GOULD_W.B*GILLEY_J&ME6EASTBURN_GEORGELONG,,PRIOR_DUNNI'NG_SAMUEL_CAMPBELL_BONsE.]BLISS_ZE,IYHITE)A,DURELL_CO.ANDJAMESV.SEAMAN.1823._._207,to_,2.Ot_-t;r,":.:,.::,H_.A_DEN-SYDNEY_Vt_,.IAPREFACE.TITVSLIwus,theillustriousauthoroftheRomanHisto
3、ry,descendedfromanoblefamilyinRome,andwasbornatPatavium,nowcalledPadua,inItaly,inthe694thyearofRome,fifty-eightyearsbeforethecommencementoftheChristiana_ra.Likemanyotherliterarymen,hislifewascontem-plative,ratherthanactive;veryfewparticulars,there-fore,concerninghive,havecome
4、downtous.Here-sidedatRomeforaconsiderabletime,wherehewasmuchnoticed,andhighlyhonoured,byAugustus;towhomhewaspreviouslyknown,itissaid,bysomewritingswhichhehaddedicatedtohim.Seneca,how-ever,issilentuponthesubjectofthissupposeddedi-cation,thoughhementionstheworkitself,which,hesa
5、ys,consistedofmoralandphilosophicaldialogues.Heappearstohaveconceivedtheprojectofwritinghishistory,immediatelyuponhissettlingatRome;or,perhaps,hecamethitherforthepurposeofcollectingthenecessarymaterialsforthatgreatwork.13293viPREFACE.Augustusappointedhimpreceptortohisgrandson
6、Claudius,afterwardsemperor.Butheseemsnotmuchtohaveattendedtotheadvantagewhichmighthaveresultedfromsoadvantageousaconnection,andtohaveoccupiedhimself,entirely,inthecompositionofhishistory;partsofwhich,astheywerefinished,hereadtoAugustusandMacwnas.Distractedwiththetumult,anddis
7、gusted,itmaybe,withtheintriguesandcabalsofRome,hesoughtre-tirementandtranquillityinthebeautifhlcountry,anddelightfulclimate,ofNaples.Here,enjoyinguninter-ruptedliteraryeaseandquiet_hecontinuedhislabour,andfinishedhiswork,comprising,inanhundredandforty-twobooks,thehistoryofRom
8、e,fromthefoun-dationofthatcitytothedeathofDrusus,containingaperiodof
