Project Gutenberg's Cato Maior de Senectute, by Marcus Tullius Cicero This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Cato Maior de Senectute Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero Release Date: February 7, 2005 [EBook #14945] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CATO MAIOR DE SENECTUTE *** Produced by Ted Garvin, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. M. TULLI CICERONIS CATO MAIOR DE SENECTUTE WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY JAMES S. REID, M.L. FELLOW OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN ROMAN HISTORY American Edition Revised BY FRANCIS W. KELSEY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ALLYN AND BACON Boston New York Chicago Copyright, 1882 By John Allyn PREFACE. PREFACE. Three years ago Mr. James S. Reid, of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, prepared for the Syndics of the University Press editions of Cicero's Cato Maior de Senectute and Laelius de Amicitia. The thorough and accurate scholarship displayed, especially in the elucidation of the Latinity, immediately won for the books a cordial reception; and since then they have gained a permanent place in the esteem of English scholars. The present volume has the full authorization of Mr.