R. B. Steele classifies Livy's use of the gerund and gerundive in his history of Rome, providing insight into the regular useage of this rather irregular feature of Latin grammar.

R. B. Steele discusses the number of occurrences and some of the most noticeable examples of the different forms used by the Latin historians to express purpose, mostly those subjunctive clauses introduced by 'ut'.

R.B. Steele provides an analysis of Livy's philosophy on the methology and purpose of the writing of history.

Steele lists and discusses archaisms in Vergil's Aeneid that were used to reinforce the historical flavor of the epic.