History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire (Classic Reprint) Book

HISTORY OF ROME, INTRODUCTION. SECTION I. PHYSICAL ttEOttltAPIIY OF ITALY. § 1. Eolation of Italy to Roman History. § 2. Length of Italian Peninsula. 8 3. Breadth. § 4. Extent of Surface. § 5. Reasons for considering Physloal Structure. ^ C. Division of Italy into two portions. § 1. Physical Structure of uppor portion: Tho Alps, or northern limits of tho vaUoy of. tho Po. § 8. tTppor Aponninos, or southern limits of this valley. § 9. Plain of tho Po itself. § 10. Physical Structure of lowor portion of Apennino range. § 11. Its Southern flank. § 12. Northern flank. § 13. Dcduotlon of geographical features of Italy from foregoing description: Few prominent HoadUvnds and largo Gulfs. §14. Few islands. § 15. No largo Rivers, oxoopt in tho valley of tho Po. § 10. No largo Plains, except In saine valloy. ^ No largo Lakes, oxcopt in same valley. Poculiar character of Lakes in many parts of suh-Aponnino districts. § 18. Marshy character of somo districts. Methods of roolaiming land in modeTable of Contents Coin of C«8*r in 4tli Dictatorship, p 004; 0 ON TENTS INTRODUCTION; I Physical Geography of Italy I; II Iforly I>opulatiori of Italy 14; BOOK I ROME UNDKR THE KINGS; Cha*; I Origin of Romo: Romulus and Numa 21; IT TuIIuh HostiliUB and Ancus Martius, tlvo third and fourth kinga 33 HI Tanniinius PriseuH and Borvius Tullius, the fifth and sixth kings 38; IV Tarquinius Huporbus, and tho boginuings of the Republic 58; V Observations on tho history of Romo undor tho kings TO; BOOK II ROME UNDER TUN PATRICIANS; - VI ItaeUno of Rowan power after tho oxpnlsion of the; TarquinH Geographical skotch of tho neighbourhood of Romo 79; - VII Tho Tribunate 87; -- VIII Agrarian law Tho election of tho Tribunes transferred to tho Tribes 9r>; W0-4G0 IX Wars and foreign affairs from tho battle of Lako Rogil-; Iub to the Dooomvirato 101; 470-4-10 X Continued struggle betwoon tho Orders Tho Dooomvirato U1; - XI The Oodo of tho TweRead More