• Aelian, Fragments
  A large number of short fragments, preserving some curious information
• Aelian, On the Nature of Animals
  One of the major sources of information about animals in antiquity
• Alcidamas, On the Sophists
  A Greek declamation of the 4th century B.C.
• Apuleius, Florida
  Highlights from the Latin speeches of Apuleius
• Cicero, Academica
  A dialogue about knowlege and scepticism, written in 45 B.C..
• Cicero, Topica
  A technical treatise on rhetoric, written in 44 B.C..
• Cicero, Tusculan Disputations
  A discussion of various philosophical topics, written in 45 B.C..
• Cleonides, Harmonic Introduction
  A short introduction to the theory of musical harmonies
• Demetrius, On Style
  A Greek treatise on rhetoric, of uncertain date
• Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Deinarchus
  A critical review of the speeches attributed to Deinarchus
• Epicurus, Fragments
  Fragments of the philosopher's writings (Epicurea), as collected by H. Usener
• Fasti Praenestini
  A Roman calendar, compiled in the early 1st century A.D.
• Fasti from the Reigns of Augustus and Tiberius
  Notable dates in the reigns of the first Roman emperors
• Hippolytus, Chronicon     (PDF)
  A brief history and geography of the world, up to 234/5 A.D.
• Julian, The Caesars
  The emperor Julian's satirical comments on his predecessors
• Julian, Misopogon
  Julian's response to his critics in Antioch
• [Longinus], On the Sublime
  An innovative and influential piece of literay criticism
• [Lucian], Hippias or The Bath
  A description of a recently constructed bath house
• [Lucian], Lucius or The Ass
  The story of a man turned into an ass - similar to the 'Golden Ass' of Apuleius
• [Lucian], Macrobii
  A list of famous men who lived to be 80 or more years old
• Nicolaus of Damascus, Autobiography
  Excerpts from the autobiography of King Herod's adviser
• Pliny the Elder, Natural History
  Including the most detailed surviving account of Greek and Roman art
• Pliny the Younger, Letters
  A unique insight into the life of a senator in the Roman empire
• Ptolemy, Life of Aristotle
  A brief biography of the philosopher, often used by later writers
• Seneca, Suasoriae
  A collection of declamations on historical topics
• Teles the Cynic, Diatribes
  Extracts from books written by a philosopher of the 3rd century B.C.

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