CHAPTER XXV. Arts and Sciences in Rome. Letters--Imitation of the Greeks--the

ARTS AND SCIENCES IN ROME. Letters--Imitation of the Greeks--The Augustan Age--Orators and rhetoricians--Importance of the Latin literature and language--Arts--Sculpture and painting-- Architecture--Characteristics of Roman architecture--Rome and its monuments.

ROMAN LAW. The Twelve Tables--Symbolic process--Formalism-- Jurisprudence--The praetor's edict--Civil law and the law of nations--Written reason.