The History of Rome, Volume 1

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 8
PREFATORY NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR......Page 12
EXTRACT FROM DR. MOMMSEN'S PREFACE......Page 16
Contents......Page 18
BOOK FIRST - THE PERIOD ANTERIOR TO THE ABOLITION OF THE MONARCHY......Page 22
CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION......Page 24
CHAPTER II - THE EARLIEST MIGRATIONS INTO ITALY......Page 29
CHAPTER III - THE SETTLEMENTS OF THE LATINS......Page 53
CHAPTER IV - THE BEGINNINGS OF ROME......Page 65
CHAPTER V - THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION OF ROME......Page 80
CHAPTER VI - THE NON-BURGESSES AND THE REFORMED CONSTITUTION......Page 108
CHAPTER VII - THE HEGEMONY OF ROME IN LATIUM......Page 125
CHAPTER VIII - THE UMBRO-SABELLIAN STOCK---BEGINNINGS OF THE SAMNITES......Page 141
CHAPTER IX - THE ETRUSCANS......Page 146
CHAPTER X - THE HELLENES IN ITALY.---MARITIME SUPREMACY OF THE TUSCANS AND CARTHAGINIANS......Page 156
CHAPTER XI - LAW AND JUSTICE......Page 177
CHAPTER XII - RELIGION......Page 192
CHAPTER XIII - AGRICULTURE, TRADE, AND COMMERCE......Page 213
CHAPTER XIV - MEASURING AND WRITING......Page 234
CHAPTER XV - ART......Page 249
BOOK SECOND - FROM THE ABOLITION OF THE MONARCHY IN ROME TO THE UNION OF ITALY......Page 272
CHAPTER I - CHANGE OF THE CONSTITUTION.---LIMITATION OF THE POWER OF THE MAGISTRATE......Page 274
CHAPTER II - THE TRIBUNATE OF THE PLEBS AND THE DECEMVIRATE......Page 295
CHAPTER III - THE EQUALIZATION OF THE ORDERS AND THE NEW ARISTOCRACY......Page 317
CHAPTER IV - FALL OF THE ETRUSCAN POWER. THE CELTS......Page 350
CHAPTER V - SUBJUGATION OF THE LATINS AND CAMPANIANS BY ROME......Page 370
CHAPTER VI - STRUGGLE OF THE ITALIANS AGAINST ROME......Page 392
CHAPTER VII - THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN PYRRHUS AND ROME......Page 415
CHAPTER VIII - LAW. RELIGION. MILITARY SYSTEM. ECONOMIC CONDITION. NATIONALITY......Page 466
CHAPTER IX - ART AND SCIENCE......Page 493
APPENDIX: ON THE PATRICIAN CLAUDII......Page 519
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS......Page 531