Produced by Ted Garvin, S.R.Ellison and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. CHARACTERS AND EVENTS OF ROMAN HISTORY FROM CAESAR TO NERO THE LOWELL LECTURES OF 1908 BY GUGLIELMO FERRERO, LITT.D. AUTHOR OF “THE GREATNESS AND DECLINE OF ROME,” ETC. TRANSLATED BY FRANCES LANCE FERRERO The Chautauqua Press CHAUTAUQUA, NEW YORK By G.P. Putnam’s Sons Fifth