I seize the opportunity of tracing the
progress of this national intercourse
Herodotus and Thucydides (A. U. C. 300 - 350) appear ignorant of the name and existence of Rome (Joseph. contra Appion tom. ii. l. i.
c. 12, p. 444, edit. Havercamp.).
Theopompus (A. U. C. 400, Plin. iii. 9) mentions the invasion of the Gauls, which is noticed in looser terms by Heraclides Ponticus (Plutarch
in Camillo, p. 292, edit. H. Stephan.).
The real or fabulous embassy of the Romans to Alexander (A. U. C. 430)
is attested by Clitarchus, (Plin. iii. 9,) by Aristus and
Asclepiades, (Arrian. l. vii. p. 294, 295,) and by Memnon of
Heraclea, (apud Photium, cod. ccxxiv. p. 725,) though
tacitly denied by Livy.
Theophrastus (A. U. C. 440) primus externorum aliqua de Romanis diligentius scripsit (Plin. iii. 9.).
Lycophron (A. U. C. 480 - 500) scattered the first seed of a Trojan colony and the fable of the Aeneid (Cassandra, 1226 - 1280.).
A bold prediction before the end of the first Punic war!
A bold prediction before the end of the first Punic war!