This volume has served several generations of Latinists making theirfirst acquaintance with the main Roman prose authors of the firstacquaintance with the main Roman prose authors of the first century BC.It includes part of Cornelius Nepos' Miltiades, sections of Caesar's DeBello Civili Book II, Sallust's De Bello Jugurthino, Livy Books II andV, and three short extracts from Cicero -- Pro Milone, De Amicitia anda letter to Atticus. All are chosen for the intrinsic interest of theircontent and ease of narrative.