Cæsar in Egypt, 544. The war with Pharnaces, 551. Cæsar returns to Rome, 552. The African War, 554. Sallust’s comparison of Cæsar and Cato, 558.
THE CLOSING SCENES OF CÆSAR’S LIFE (46-44 B.C.) 560
The end of the African war, 560. The return to Rome, 562. Cæsar’s triumphs, 563. The last campaign, 566. The last triumph, 569. Cæsar’s reforms, 572. Cæsar’s life in Rome, 575. Events leading to the conspiracy, 578. The conspiracy, 579. The assassination, 581. Appian’s account of Cæsar’s last days, 583.
THE PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER OF CÆSAR 588
Appian compares Cæsar with Alexander, 599. Mommsen’s estimate of Cæsar’s character, 602. Mommsen’s estimate of Cæsar’s work, 607.
THE LAST DAYS OF THE REPUBLIC (44-29 B.C.) 609
Cæsar’s will and funeral, 610. The acts of the young Octavius, 611. The proscription, 617. Death of Cicero, 619. Brutus and Cassius, 621. Philippi, 622. Antony and Cleopatra, 624. Antony meets with reverses, 625. Octavian against Antony; the battle of Actium, 630. Death of Antony and Cleopatra, 631. An estimate of the personality of Antony, 633.
THE STATE OF ROME AT THE END OF THE REPUBLIC 637
A retrospective view of the republican constitution, 637. Literature, 643. The drama, 645. Poetry, 647. The fine arts, 651. Social conditions; religion, 652.
BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS 655
THE HISTORY OF ROME FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE YEAR 476 A.D.
BASED CHIEFLY UPON THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITIES
AMMIANUS, APPIAN, THOMAS ARNOLD, BARTHÉLEMY AUBE, AUGUSTAN HISTORY, C. JULIUS CÆSAR, HENRY FYNES CLINTON, CICERO, DION CASSIUS, DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS, EUTROPIUS, FLORUS, VICTOR GARDTHAUSEN, EDWARD GIBBON, OTTO GILBERT, ADOLF HARNACK, G. F. HERTZBERG, HERODIAN, OTTO HIRSCHFELD, THOMAS HODGKIN, KARL HOECK, WILHELM IHNE, JORDANES (JORNANDES), JOSEPHUS, GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS,
H. G. LIDDELL, LIVY, JOACHIM MARQUARDT, CHARLES MERIVALE, EDUARD MEYER, THEODOR MOMMSEN, MONUMENTUM ANCYRANUM, CORNELIUS NEPOS, B. G. NIEBUHR, PLINY THE ELDER, PLINY THE YOUNGER, PLUTARCH, POLYBIUS, L. VON RANKE, SALLUST, WILHELM SOLTAU, STRABO, SUETONIUS, TACITUS, TILLEMONT, VELLEIUS, GEORG WEBER, ZOSIMUS
THE SCOPE AND DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY ROMAN HISTORY
THE RELATIONS OF THE ROMAN STATE AND THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH