Mirror of History

On the death of Mithridates and the war of Pompey against the tyrant | c. 54.
On the reign of Aristobulus and the contention of his brother Hyrcanus | c. 54.
On the expulsion of Aristobulus and the restoration of his brother Hyrcanus | c. 54.
On Alexander [son] of Aristobulus and Antipater | c. 54.
On the flight of Aristobulus from prison and certain governors of Syria and writers of that time | c. 54.
On the reign of Cleopatra and the beginning of the Roman Empire | c. 55.

The sixth book contains the history of 61 years through the times of two emperors: namely, Julius Caesar, who was the first of all, and Octavian Augustus, under whom the Lord suffered.

Here are inserted the flowers of the philosophers Tully Cicero and Valerius Maximus, and of the poets Horace and Ovid. Also an epilogue on the incarnation of the Lord. It has 119 chapters.

On those who ruled the Roman Republic before Julius Caesar | c. 55
On his ancient war against the Germans | c. 55
On his wars against the Belgic Gauls and against the Britons | c. 55
On his other battles against the same Gauls | c. 55
On the moral sayings of Julius Celsus | c. 56.
On certain sayings of Cicero and on his books | c. 56.
Little flowers from his books On Duties | c. 56.
Little flowers of the same On Friendship | c. 57.
Little flowers of the same On Old Age | c. 58
Little flowers On the Orator | c. 58.
Little flowers On Paradoxes | c. 58.
Little flowers of his Philippics | c. 58
Little flowers of his Rhetorics | c. 58.
Little flowers of his Tusculan Disputations | c. 58.
Little flowers of his [books] On the Laws and On the Ends of Good and Evil | c. 59
On his other books | c. 59
On his orations | c. 59
On the invectives of Sallust and Cicero against each other | c. 59.
Little flowers of Sallust On the Catilinarian War | c. 59.
Little flowers of the same On the Jugurthine War | c. 59
On the flight and death of Pompey | c. 59.
How the young Ptolemy, resisting Caesar, perished | c. 59.
On the beginning of Caesar's empire | c. 60
On the life of Julius Caesar and his skill in arms | c. 60
How he conducted himself toward his subjects and toward his peers | c. 60
On the killing of Aristobulus and the exaltation of Antipater | c. 60
On the omens of Caesar’s death | c. 60
On his killing and funeral rites | c. 60
On the empire of Octavian Augustus and his beauty | c. 60.
On his vigor and skill in military matters | c. 60.
On his frankness and humility | c. 60.
On his piety and equity toward his subjects | c. 60.
On his parsimony in food, and his eloquence and genius | c. 60.
On those things which happened at the beginning of his empire | c. 60.
On the prefecture of Herod of Ascalon and his wives and sons | c. 61
On the restoration of Antigonus to the kingdom | c. 61
How Herod was created king of Judea by Antony | c. 61
On the prophecies fulfilled in him | c. 61
On the killing of Antony and Cleopatra | c. 61
On Herod's defense before Augustus | c. 61
On the enlargement of his kingdom and the buildings which he erected | c. 61.
On the killing of Mariamne his wife and his offense against his sons | c. 61.
On Marcus Varro and his praises | c. 61.
On his books and opinions concerning divine matters | c. 61.
On the moral maxims of Varro | c. 62
On the commendation of Virgil and his deeds | c. 62
On Cornelius Gallus, Plautus, and Virgil | c. 62
On his sayings and writings | c. 62
On the little flowers from his books | c. 62
On the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary foretold by an angel | c. 62.
On her birth | c. 62.
On her good character | c. 62.
On the poet Horace and his books and the little flowers of his poetry | c. 62.
Little flowers of his epistles | c. 62.
Little flowers of his sermons [Satires] | c. 63
Little flowers of his songs [Odes] | c. 63.
On the triumphs of the Romans and the pacification of the world under Augustus | c. 63
On the marriage of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Joseph | c. 63.
On the reasons for her betrothal | c. 63.
On the lineage of both | c. 63.

On the death of Cato and the conception of the Precursor | c. 63.
On the angelic salutation of the Blessed Virgin | c. 63.
On the conception of the Son of God from the Virgin | c. 64
Why God willed to be incarnate: and why only the Son in the Trinity | c. 64
On the manner of that union and the unity of personhood | c. 64
On the predestination of Christ the man: and the fullness of his grace and wisdom | c. 64
How according to both natures he is the head of the Church | c. 64.
On how he also took up our defects with nature, but not all of them | c. 64.
On how from the moment of conception he merited all for himself, and had neither original sin nor the fuel of sin | c. 64
Why he delayed for so long a time to be incarnate | c. 64.
On the mutual salutation of Elizabeth and Mary | c. 65
On the birth of the Precursor | c. 65
On the description of the world and the birth of the Savior | c. 65
On the chronicle from the beginning of the world until that time | c. 65
On the two animals worshipping him in the manger | c. 65
On his circumcision | c. 65.
On the star as guide of the Magi and the purification of the Virgin | c. 65.
On the worship and religion of the Magi and other Easterners | c. 65.
On the persecution by Herod and the slaughter of the Innocents | c. 65.
On the flight of the Lord into Egypt and the events of the journey | c. 66
On the ruin of the idols of Egypt at his entry | c. 66
On Judas the Galilean and Sextus the Pythagorean philosopher | c. 66
On the three private sects of the Jews | c. 66.
On the killing of the two sons of Herod and his prior testament | c. 66.
On the hatred of Herod for Antipater and his imprisonment | c. 66.
On the illness and death of Herod and the killing of Antipater | c. 66.
On the craftiness of Archelaus and the dispute of the brothers for the kingdom | c. 66.
On the four kings in Judea, and the feigned Alexander and the division of the kingdom | c. 66.
On the return of the Lord from Egypt, the death of Glaphyra, and the exile of Archelaus | c. 67
On the finding of the Lord Jesus in the midst of the doctors | c. 67
On the last procurators of Judea and the death of Augustus; also of Athenodorus the Stoic | c. 67
On the poet Ovid and his writings | c. 67
Moral little flowers of his epistles | c. 67.
Flowers from the book Without a Title [Amores] | c. 67.
Flowers from the book On the Art of Loving | c. 67.
Little flowers On the Remedy of Love | c. 68
Little flowers from the book of Metamorphoses | c. 68.
Little flowers from the book of Fasti | c. 69
Little flowers from the book of Tristia | c. 69.
Little flowers from the book From Pontus | c. 69.
On Valerius Maximus and his books | c. 69.
On his moral sayings | c. 69.

The seventh book contains the history of only 27 years through the times of two emperors: namely, Tiberius, under whom the Lord was hung on the cross, and Gaius Caligula. Indeed, the greatest part of this book is occupied by the deeds of the Lord Jesus and the miracles of his mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. It has 136 chapters.

On the empire of Tiberius Caesar and his good beginnings | c. 70
On his gluttony and cruelty | c. 70
On his form, deeds, and studies | c. 70.
On the famous mocking of Paulina in the temple of Isis | c. 70.
On Herod the Tetrarch and Valerius the procurator of Judea, and after him Pilate | c. 70.
On the hatred of the Jews for Pilate | c. 70.
On the preaching of the Baptist and the baptism of the Lord | c. 70.
On the dove and the voice of the Father | c. 71
On the fast and temptation of the Lord | c. 71
On the first calling of the disciples | c. 71
On the order of history from here until the incarceration of John | c. 71
On the suitable preaching and election of the twelve apostles | c. 71
On the sermon of the Lord on the mount | c. 71.
On the correspondence of the seven virtues with the seven gifts | c. 71.
On the Lord's Prayer | c. 71.
On the adaptation of the seven petitions to the seven gifts | c. 72
On the conjunctions inserted there, and on the possessives | c. 72
On the order of history after the sermon of the Lord until the questioning of John | c. 72
On the question of John and the testimonies of Christ concerning him | c. 72
On the manifold praise of John the Baptist | c. 72
On the order of history after the question of John until his beheading | c. 72.