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History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD

CHAPTER XLIII
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He was a teacher of eloquence for many years in Rome.

His work _On the Training of an Orator_, is preserved.
JUVENAL( 47-130), of Aquinum, was a great satirist, who described and attacked bitterly the vices of Roman society.

Sixteen of his satires are still in existence.
TACITUS (54-119).

CORNELIUS TACITUS was the great historian of his age.
His birthplace is unknown.

His writings are interesting and of a high tone, but often tinged with prejudice, and hence unfair.


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