A HISTORY OF ROMAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE. BY R. W. BROWNE, M. A., PH. D., PREBENDARY Of st. Paul's, AND PROFESSOR OF CLASSICAL LITERATURE IN KING'S COLLEGE, London. Meum semper judicium fuit, omnia nostros aut invenisse per se CIC. Tusc. Disp. I. SECOND AMERICAN EDITION. PHILADELPHIA: BLANCHARD AND LEA. 1857. CONTENTS. Comparison of the Latin language with the Greek-Eras of Latinity- Origin of the Romans-Elements of the Latin language-Etruscan influ- PAGE The Eugubine Tables-Existence of Oscan in Italy-Bantine Table-Peru- gian Inscription-Etruscan Alphabet and Words - Chant of Fratres Arvales-Salian Hymn-Other Monuments of Old Latin-Latin and Greek Saturnian Metre-Opinions respecting its origin-Early examples of this Metre Saturnian Ballads in Livy-Structure of the Verse-Instances of |