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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION THE revision and republication of this book serve as an act of pietas, to the emperor himself and to the memory of Professor Rogers, whom I knew well for many years before his untimely death in 1968 and from whom, in conversation and from his many writings, I learned a great deal. There is once again available a skillfully designed text for students at an early stage of reading and comprehension. I have undertaken to maintain the character of the book as much as possible, while expanding and occasionally correcting, to make it as suitable for the student of the 1990s as it was for the student of the 1930s. I have added two items to the Fragmenta and chosen new illustrations. The text of the Res Gestae is now based upon that of V. Ehrenberg and A. H. M. Jones, Documents Illustrating the Reigns of Augustus and Tiberius (Oxford: Clarendon Press 19552 ). Although macrons (long marks) appear in both text and vocabulary, I have omitted them in the notes, so that the student may become accustomed to plain Latin. I have profited from the comments of my wife, who, as always, has been a searching yet loving critic, and from Wayne State University Press's referee. H. W. B. March, 1990 IX This page intentionally left blank ...

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