CONTENTS

Vola. I. and II. — Comprising the History to the Fall of JuUub Cneair.

VoL m. — To the EstaUishment of the Monarchy by Augustus.

Vols. IV. and V. — ^From Augustus to Claudius, b. c. 27 to a. d. 64»

Vol. VL — ^From the Reign of Nero, a. d. 64, to the Fall of Jérusalem, A. D. 70.

Vol. VII. — From the Destruction of Jérusalem, a. d, 70, to the Death of M. Aurelius.

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