This volume has served several generations of Latinists making their first acquaintance with the main Roman prose authors of the first acquaintance with the main Roman prose authors of the first century BC.
It includes part of Cornelius Nepos' Miltiades, sections of Caesar's De
Bello Civili Book II, Sallust's De Bello Jugurthino, Livy Books II and
V, and three short extracts from Cicero -- Pro Milone, De Amicitia and a letter to Atticus. All are chosen for the intrinsic interest of their content and ease of narrative.