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Excerpt from The Captains of the Roman Republic: As Compared With the Great Modern Strategists; Their Campaigns, Character, and Conduct From the Punic Wars to the Death of Cæsar My Dear Felton; Nearly two years have elapsed since I had the pleasure of dedicating to you my "Captains of the Old World," and as you will, I know, be gratified to hear, I feel myself justified, by the cordial kindness with which that work was received, in proceeding to offer to the public its next successor, "The Captains of the Roman Republic." I believe, I stated in my former preface with sufficient clearness, to render many words on this occasion unnecessary, what are my views, and what the principle on which I propose to act in this system of works. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.