| English Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-10页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-23页 |
| Part I Historiographic Backgrounds and the General History | 第23-51页 |
| Chapter I Greek and Roman Historiography Before Velleius Paterculus | 第23-44页 |
| I Origin and Development | 第23-30页 |
| II Some Traditions of Roman Historiography | 第30-44页 |
| Chapter II General History Before Velleius Paterculus | 第44-51页 |
| Part II Velleius Paterculus and His Opus | 第51-81页 |
| Chapter I The Backgrounds of Velleius Paterculus and His Career | 第51-64页 |
| I The Family Background | 第51-56页 |
| II The Life and Career of Velleius Paterculus | 第56-64页 |
| Chapter II Velleius Paterculus' Opus | 第64-81页 |
| I Texts | 第64-68页 |
| II Date of Writing | 第68-73页 |
| III Sources and Structure | 第73-81页 |
| Part III Velleius' General History in Roman Historiography | 第81-104页 |
| Chapter I Influence of the Backgrounds and the Historiographic Tradition on Velleius | 第81-93页 |
| I The Influence on his Motive of Writing History and the Theme of his work | 第81-82页 |
| II The Influence on his Historical Attitude | 第82页 |
| III The Influence on his Literary Characters | 第82-93页 |
| Chapter II The Scope of Vellleius 's Work as a General History | 第93-104页 |
| I Universal History in Space and Genearl History in Time | 第93-97页 |
| II Velleius' Genenal History in the Greek and Roman Historiography | 第97-104页 |
| Conclusion | 第104-107页 |
| Bibliography | 第107-111页 |
| Appendix | 第111-113页 |
| 在学期间公开发表论文及著作情况 | 第113页 |
