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The Odyssey
The Odyssey

The Histories 3.115-116, 4.13-16, 4.20, 4.24-27, 4.30-36
The Histories 3.115-116, 4.13-16, 4.20, 4.24-27, 4.30-36

Epinician Odes 3.55
Epinician Odes 3.55

Description of Greece
Description of Greece

Commentarii de Bello Gallico I.48-51, IV.1-3, V.12-14, VI.21-24
Commentaries on the Gallic Wars I.48-51, IV.1-3, V.12-14, VI.21-24

Res Gestae divi Augusti (Latin) 26
Res Gestae divi Augusti (Greek) 26
The Deeds of the Divine Augustus 26

Romanae Historiae II.cvi.1-3
History of Rome II.cvi.1-3

Geographica 1.4.2-5, 2.1.18, 2.4.1-2, 2.5.8, 2.5.26, 2.5.43, 4.5.5, 7.1.1-3, 7.2.1-4
Geography 1.4.2-5, 2.1.18, 2.4.1-2, 2.5.8, 2.5.26, 2.5.43, 4.5.5, 7.1.1-3, 7.2.1-4

De Chorographia III.3.31-32, III.5.36-37, III.6.54-58
Description of the World III.3.31-32, III.5.36-37, III.6.54-58

Naturalis Historia II.lxxvii.186-187, II.xcix.217, II.cxii.246, IV.xiii.94-IV.xvi.104, VI.xxxix.219-220, VIII.xvi.39, XXXVII.xi.42-46
Natural History II.lxxvii.186-187, II.xcix.217, II.cxii.246, IV.xiii.94-IV.xvi.104, VI.xxxix.219-220, VIII.xvi.39, XXXVII.xi.42-46

De Vita Iulii Agricolae 10-12
The Life of Julius Agricola 10-12
De Origine et Situ Germanorum 1-27, 35-46
The Earliest Beginnings and the Land of the Germans 35-46

Geographia I.vi-viii, I.xx, I.xxiii-xxiv, II.ii, II.x, III.v, VI.xvi, VII.v (abridged)
Geography I.vi-viii, I.xx, I.xxiii-xxiv, II.ii, II.x, III.v, VI.xvi, VII.v (abridged)

Caius Marius xi, xv
Life of Caius Marius xi, xv

Romaika XXVII.92.2
Roman History XXVII.92.2

Collectanea rerum memorabilia
Gallery of Wonderful Things xxv, xxix, xxxii, xxxiiii

De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii VI.595, VI.608-609
Concerning the Marriage of Mercury and Philology VI.595, VI.608-609

Variae Epistolae praefatio.11, V.1-2, IX.25
The Letters of Cassiodorus preface.11, V.1-2, IX.25

Polemon III.ii.1-6, VI.xiv-xv, VII.ii.1-3
History of the Wars III.ii.1-6, VI.xiv-xv, VII.ii.1-3

De origine actibusque Getarum I-IV
The Origin and Deeds of the Goths I-IV