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A History of Rome: To 565 A.D. (Classic Reprint)
A History of Rome To 565 AD - Classic Reprint Author:Arthur Edward Romilly Boak PREFACE This sketch of the History of Rome to 565 A. D. is primarily intended to meet the needs of introductory college courses in Roman History. However, it is hoped that it may also prove of service as a handbook for students of Roman life and literature in general. It is with the latter in mind that I have added the bibliographical note. Natu... more »rally, within the brief limits of such a text, it was impossible to defend the point of view adopted on disputed points or to take notice of divergent opinions. Therefore, to show the great debt which lowe to the work of others, and to provide those interested in particular problems with some guide to more detailed study, I have given a list of selected references, which express, I believe, the prevailing views of modern scholarship upon the various phases of Roman History. I wish to acknowledge my general indebtedness to Professor 'V. S. Ferguson of Harvard University for his guidance in my approach to the study of Roman Histor
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PAGE; THE SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF EARLY RmIAN HISTORY xiii; PART I; THE FORERUNNERS OF R01IE IN ITALY; CHAPTER I; THE GEOGRAPHY OF ITALY ; CHAPTER n; PREHISTORIC CIVILIZATION IN ITALY; CHAPTER m; THE PEOPLES OF HISTORIC ITALY; The Etruscans; the Greeks; PART II; 3; 7; 13; THE EARLY MONARCHY AND THE REPUBLIC, FROM; PREHISTORIC TIMES TO 27 B C; CHAPTER IV; EARLY ROME TO THE FALL OF THE MO~ARCHY; The Latins; the Origins of Rome; the Early Monarchy; Early; Roman Society; CHAPTER V; THE EXPA:r-'SION OF ROME TO THE UNIFICATIO~ OF THE; 25; ITALIAK PENINSULA: c 509-265 Il c 33; To the Conquest of Veii, c 392 E C; the Gallic Invasion; the Disruption; of the Latin League and the Alliance of the Romans with; the Campanians; Vars with the Samnites, Gauls and Etruscans;; the Roman Conquest of South Italy; the Roman Confederacy; CRAPTER VI; THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ROME TO 287 11 C 4i; The Early Re« less