Excerpt from The Roman History From the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium, Vol. 4: That Is, to the End of the Commonwealth All that he did to prevent, as much as poflible, the evils he forefaw, was to appoint Hieronymus fifteen guardians, who were to form his council. He conjured them at his death never to depart from the alliance with the Romans, to which he had inviolably adhered during fifty years, and to teach the young Prince, their pupil, to tread in his Iteps, and to follow the princi ples, in which he had hitherto been bred. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.