Quae Supersunt Ex Historiae Romanae Voluminibus Duobus, Volume 1, presents the surviving fragments of Velleius Paterculus' Roman history in its original Latin. This edition, meticulously compiled and edited by David Ruhnken and Carl Heinrich Frotscher, offers invaluable insights into the Roman world as seen through the eyes of a contemporary observer. Velleius Paterculus, a Roman cavalry officer and historian who lived during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, provides a concise yet vivid account of Roman history, from its legendary origins to the early years of the Roman Empire.
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