Up and Away in English: Reader 4B

Mommsen has given his dates in terms of Roman usage, A.U.C.; that is, from the founding of Rome, conventionally taken to be 753 B. C.  The preparer of this document, has appended to the end of each volume a table of conversion between the two systems. PREFACE BY THE TRANSLATOR When the first portion of this translation appeared in 1861, it wasaccompanied by a Preface, for which I was indebted to the kindness of the late Dr. Schmitz, introducing to the English reader the work of an author whose name and merits, though already known to scholars, were far less widely familiar than they are now.  After thirty-three years such an introduction is no longer needed, but none the less gratefully do I recall how much the book owed at the outset to Dr. Schmitz's friendly offices. The following extracts from my own "Prefatory Note" dated "December 1861" state the circumstances under which I undertook the translation, and give some explanations as to its method and aims: - "In requesting English scholars to receive with indulgence this first portion of a translation of Dr ...»