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11. An apology for the rhetoricians. The praise of Quintilian. True eloquence died with Cicero.
13. The loss of liberty was the ruin of genuine oratory. Demosthenes flourished under a free government. The original goes on from this place to the end of the dialogue.
XXXVI. Eloquence flourishes most in times of public tumult. The crimes of turbulent citizens supply the orator with his best materials.
XXXVII. In the time of the republic, oratorical talents were necessary qualifications, and without them no man was deemed worthy of being advanced to the magistracy.
XXXVIII. The Roman orators were not confined in point of time; they might extend their speeches to what length they thought proper, and could even adjourn.
Pompey abridged the liberty of speech, and limited the time.
XXXIX. The very dress of the advocates under the emperors was prejudicial to eloquence.
XL. True eloquence springs from the vices of men, and never was known to exist under a calm and settled government.
XLI. Eloquence changes with the times. Every age has its own peculiar advantages, and invidious comparisons are unnecessary.
XLII. Conclusion of the dialogue.





TACITUS

THE HISTORIES
Translated With Introduction And Notes By W. Hamilton Fyfe
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME I
VOLUME II
CONTENTS
VOLUME I

Introduction 5
Text: Books I, II 17
VOLUME II

Text: Books III-V 9
Index Of Names 231
MAPS

VOLUME I

Introduction
Summary of Chief Events
VOLUME I
Preface
The State of the Empire
Galba's Position
The Distribution of Forces
The German Revolt and the Adoption of Piso
Galba's Measures of Precaution
The Rise of Otho
The Fall of Galba
Otho on the Throne
Dramatis Personae
The Rise of Vitellius
The March of Valens' Column
The March of Caecina's Column
Otho's Government and the Distribution of Forces
Otho's Plans
Book II
Vespasian and the East
The Trial of Annius Faustus
Otho's Measures of Defence
The Decisive Struggle
Vitellius' Principate
The Revolt of Vespasian
Vitellius in Rome
VOLUME II

Summary of Chief Events
Book III
Antonius' Advance
Dissension in Vitellius' Camp
The Engagement near Cremona
The Fate of Cremona
Vitellius
The State of the Provinces
Antonius' Advance from Cremona
Vitellius' Measures of Defence
The Passage of the Apennines
The Abdication of Vitellius and the Burning of the Capitol
The Taking of Tarracina
The Sack of Rome and the end of Vitellius
Book IV
Rome after the Fall of Vitellius
The Revolt of Civilis and the Batavi
The Mutiny of the Batavian Cohorts
The Siege of Vetera
The Relief of Vetera
Rome and the Empire under Vespasian
The Loss of Germany
The Ebb-tide of Revolt
Events in Rome and in the East
Book V
The Conquest of Judaea
The End of the German Revolt





ARGUMENTS OF CELSUS, PORPHYRY, and THE EMPEROR JULIAN, AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS;
ALSO EXTRACTS FROM DIODORUS SICULUS, JOSEPHUS, AND TACITUS, RELATING TO THE JEWS, TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX;
CONTAINING: THE ORATION OF LIBANIUS IN DEFENCE OF THE TEMPLES OF THE HEATHENS, TRANSLATED BY DR. LARDNER; AND EXTRACTS FROM BINGHAM'S ANTIQUITIES OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
By [Thomas Taylor]


CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.
THE ARGUMENTS OF CELSUS AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS
EXTRACTS FROM, AND INFORMATION RELATIVE TO, THE TREATISE OF PORPHYRY
A FRAGMENT OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH BOOK OF DIODORUS SICULUS.
FROM MANETHO RESPECTING THE ISRAELITES.