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Excerpt from Lives of Marcus Valerius Messala Corvinus, and Titus Pomponius Atticus, the Latter From the Latin of Cornelius Nepos: With Notes and Illustrations, to Which Is Added, an Account of the Families of the Five First Caesars Cal, together with illustrations more ap plicable to the text than had been gi ven by former translators, might not be thought unacceptable at a time, when a dignified independence of character, and disinterested integrity, 'are so necessary to give stability to the state, and active energy to a constitution, which has stood the test of ages, and escaped a concussion of events, Which has laid prostrate all the kingdoms of Europe - To the whole is subjoined a brief historical sketch of the five first Caesars, written some years ago, to elucidate a genealogy, which, without some such leading clue, is often obscure and perplexing. It is now offered to the public, from its being, in some measure. 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.