Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae

Frontispiece & Title

Item:: 18^th Century Book
Title:: Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae. Accedunt Selectae Ilectiones Dilucidando Auctori Apposite.
Author:: Eutropii (Eutropius)
Printer:: Typis Josephi Barbou
Place of Printing:: Parisiis (Paris)
Date of Printing:: 1754
Format:: Octavo
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McCune Location:: Sh. 11 #47
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Authors and Commentators

Eutropius (4th Century). Roman historian. He wrote a history of Rome from its founding to the rule of Jovian.

Johannes Alberto Fabricus (1668-1736). German classical scholar. He wrote 128 books, including “Bibliotheca Latina” which contained information on Latin writers.

The Book

A Brief History of Rome. A history of Rome in ten books. Book 1 covers the founding of Rome through the fall of Rome to the Gauls. Book 2 covers the conquest of Italy through the first Punic War. Book 3 includes Egypt as a protectorate and the second Punic War. Book 4 deals with the wars in Spain, Africa, and the East. Book 5 discusses the wars in Gaul and the civil war between Marius and Sulla. Book 6 contains conquest of Gaul by Caesar and the civil war between Caesar and Pompey. Book 7 covers the period after the death of Caesar and the beginning of the Roman Emperors. Book 8 discusses the emperors from Nerva through Severus. Book 9 is a history of the emperors from Maximin through Diocletian. Book 10 includes Constantine through Emperor Jovian.

Frontispiece: C. Eisen, artist; De La Fosse, engraver.

Artist and Engraver

Charles Domenique Joseph Eisen (1720-1778). French painter and engraver.

Charles De La Fosse (1636-1716). French artist.

----: Eutropii Breviarum Historiae 1754
Frontispiece: By Eisen/De La Fosse.
Title: Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae. Accedunt Selectae Ilectiones Dilucidando Auctori Apposite.
Printmark:: “Non Solus.” Old Man Under Vine-entwined Tree.
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iii-viii: Praefatio
ix-xxii: De Eutropio Testimonia
xxii-xxv: Vita Eutropii. Jo. Alberto Fabrico Auctore
xxvi-xxviii: Domino Valenti. Gothico Maximo. Perpetuo Augusto
1-12: Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae. Liber I
13-29: Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae. Liber II
30-43: Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae. Liber III
44-58: Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae. Liber IV
59-67: Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae. Liber V
68-83: Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae. Liber VI
84-100: Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae. Liber VII
101-115: Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae. Liber VIII
116-133: Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae. Liber IX
134-148: Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae. Liber X
149-182: Variae Lectiones In Eurtropium
183-194: Tan. Fabri In Eutropium Animadversiones
195-208: Index Primus. Rerum Notabilium
209-221: Index Secundus Locutionum