. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . A Roman a Grave Monument Found in 1885. 398 THE STORY OF ROME. Roman Writing a Pompeian Wall-painting. as do our literary men to-day, but lived from gifts be-stowed upon them by wealthy patrons. The interest in reading had become so general in the time of the dictatorshipof Julius Caesar,that he proposedestablishing a pub-lic library at i s assassinationput a stop to theplan; but underAugustus it wascarried out under the direction of Vergils patron, AsiniusPollio. In the first century a. d., i
. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . A Roman a Grave Monument Found in 1885. 398 THE STORY OF ROME. Roman Writing a Pompeian Wall-painting. as do our literary men to-day, but lived from gifts be-stowed upon them by wealthy patrons. The interest in reading had become so general in the time of the dictatorshipof Julius Caesar,that he proposedestablishing a pub-lic library at i s assassinationput a stop to theplan; but underAugustus it wascarried out under the direction of Vergils patron, AsiniusPollio. In the first century a. d., it was not unusual forwealthy men to endow public libraries, and thus they spreadeven into the small towns of Italy and the provinces. References for Outside Reading Bury. Students Roman Empire, ch. 11; Fowler, History of RomanLiterature, Book 2; Laing, Masterpieces of Latin Literature, pp. 199-386; Lawton, Classical Latin Literature, ch. 20-25; Mackail, LatinLiterature, Book 2, ch. 1-5. Topics for Oral or Written Report 1. The Manufacture of Books.—Johnston, Private Life of the Ro- mans, pp. 291-298. 2. The Story of tEneas Wanderings.
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