A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

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Author

Boak, Arthur E. R. (Arthur Edward Romilly), 1888-1962

Title

A History of Rome to 565 A. D.

Language

English

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DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta

Subject

Rome -- History

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32624

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32624

Release Date

May 31, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PREFACE — TABLE OF CONTENTS — LIST OF MAPS — INTRODUCTION — The Sources for the Study of Early Roman History — PART I — THE FORERUNNERS OF ROME IN ITALY
2. 2.THE GEOGRAPHY OF ITALY
3. 3.PREHISTORIC CIVILIZATION IN ITALY
4. 4.THE PEOPLES OF HISTORIC ITALY: THE ETRUSCANS; THE GREEKS — I. The Peoples of Italy — II. The Etruscans — III. The Greeks — PART II — THE PRIMITIVE MONARCHY AND THE REPUBLIC: FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES TO 27 B. C.
5. 5.EARLY ROME TO THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY — I. The Latins — II. The Origins of Rome — III. The Early Monarchy — IV. Early Roman Society
6. 6.THE EXPANSION OF ROME TO THE UNIFICATION OF THE ITALIAN PENINSULA: c. 509–265 B. C. — I. To the Conquest of Veii—392 b. c. — II. The Gallic Invasion — III. The Disruption of the Latin League and the Roman Alliance with the Campanians: 387–334 b. c. — IV. Wars with the Samnites, Gauls and Etruscans: 325–280 b. c. — V. The Roman Conquest of South Italy: 281–270 b. c. — VI. The Roman Confederacy
7. 7.THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ROME TO 287 B. C. — I. The Early Republic — II. The Assembly of the Centuries and the Development of the Magistracy — III. The Plebeian Struggle for Political Equality — IV. The Roman Military System
8. 8.EARLY RELIGION AND SOCIETY — I. Early Roman Religion — II. Early Roman Society
9. 9.ROMAN DOMINATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN; THE FIRST PHASE—THE STRUGGLE WITH CARTHAGE; 265–201 B. C. — I. The Mediterranean World in 265 b. c. — II. The First Punic War: 264–241 b. c. — III. The Illyrian and Gallic Wars: 229–219 b. c. — IV. The Second Punic War: 218–202 b. c. — V. The Effect of the Second Punic War upon Italy
10. 10.THE SECOND PHASE: ROME AND THE GREEK EAST, 200–167 B. C. — I. The Second Macedonian War: 200–196 b. c. — II. The War with Antiochus the Great and the Aetolians: 192–189 b. c. — III. The Third Macedonian War: 171–167 b. c. — IV. Campaigns in Italy and Spain
11. 11.TERRITORIAL EXPANSION IN THREE CONTINENTS: 167–133 B. C. — I. The Spanish Wars: 154–133 b. c. — II. The Destruction of Carthage: 149–146 b. c. — III. War with Macedonia and the Achaean Confederacy: 149–146 b. c. — IV. The Acquisition of Asia
12. 12.THE ROMAN STATE AND THE EMPIRE: 265–133 B. C. — I. The Rule of the Senatorial Aristocracy — II. The Administration of the Provinces — III. Social and Economic Development — IV. Cultural Progress
13. 13.THE STRUGGLE OF THE OPTIMATES AND THE POPULARES: 133–78 B. C. — I. The Agrarian Laws of Tiberius Gracchus: 133 b. c. — II. The Tribunate of Caius Gracchus: 124–121 b. c. — III. The War with Jugurtha and the Rise of Marius — IV. The Invasion of the Cimbri and Teutons — V. Saturninus and Glaucia — VI. The Tribunate of Marcus Livius Drusus, 91 b. c. — VII. The Italian or Marsic War, 90–88 b. c. — VIII. The First Mithradatic War — IX. Sulla’s Dictatorship
14. 14.THE RISE OF POMPEY THE GREAT: 78–60 B. C. — I. Pompey’s Command against Sertorius in Spain: 77–71 b. c. — II. The Command of Lucullus against Mithradates: 74–66 b. c. — III. The Revolt of the Gladiators: 73–71 b. c. — IV. The Consulate of Pompey and Crassus: 70 b. c. — V. The Commands of Pompey against the Pirates and in the East: 67–62 b. c. — VI. The Conspiracy of Catiline, 63 b. c. — VII. The Coalition of Pompey, Caesar and Crassus: 60 b. c.
15. 15.THE RIVALRY OF POMPEY AND CAESAR: CAESAR’S DICTATORSHIP; 59–44 B. C. — I. Caesar Consul: 59 b. c. — II. Caesar’s Conquest of Gaul: 58–51 b. c. — III. The Civil War between Caesar and the Senate: 49–46 b. c. — IV. The Dictatorship of Julius Caesar: 46–44 b. c.
16. 16.THE PASSING OF THE REPUBLIC: 44–27 B. C. — I. The Rise of Octavian — II. The Triumvirate of 43 b. c. — III. The Victory of Octavian over Antony and Cleopatra — IV. Society and Intellectual Life in the Last Century of the Republic — PART III — THE PRINCIPATE OR EARLY EMPIRE: 27 B. C.–285 A. D.
17. 17.THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRINCIPATE: 27 B. C.–14 A. D. — I. The Princeps — II. The Senate, the Equestrians and the Plebs — III. The Military Establishment — IV. The Revival of Religion and Morality — V. The Provinces and the Frontiers — VI. The Administration of Rome — VII. The Problem of the Succession — VIII. Augustus as a Statesman
18. 18.THE JULIO-CLAUDIAN LINE AND THE FLAVIANS: 14–96 A. D. — I. Tiberius, 14–37 a. d. — II. Caius Caligula, 37–41 a. d. — III. Claudius, 41–54 a. d. — IV. Nero, 54–68 a. d. — V. The First War of the Legions or the Year of the Four Emperors, 68–69 a. d. — VI. Vespasian and Titus, 69–81 a. d. — VII. Domitian, 81–96 a. d.
19. 19.FROM NERVA TO DIOCLETIAN: 96–285 A. D. — I. Nerva and Trajan, 96–117 a. d. — II. Hadrian, 117–138 a. d. — III. The Antonines, 138–192 a. d. — IV. The Second War of the Legions, 193–197 a. d. — V. The Dynasty of the Severi, 197–235 a. d. — VI. The Dissolution and Restoration of the Empire: 235–285 a. d.
20. 20.THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE PRINCIPATE — I. The Victory of Autocracy — II. The Growth of the Civil Service — III. The Army and the Defence of the Frontiers — IV. The Provinces under the Principate — V. Municipal Life — VI. The Colonate or Serfdom
21. 21.RELIGION AND SOCIETY — I. Society under the Principate — II. The Intellectual World — III. The Imperial Cult and the Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism — IV. Christianity and Its Relation to the Roman State — PART IV — THE AUTOCRACY OR LATE EMPIRE: 285–565 A. D.
22. 22.FROM DIOCLETIAN TO THEODOSIUS THE GREAT; THE INTEGRITY OF THE EMPIRE MAINTAINED; 285–395 A. D. — I. Diocletian: 285–305 a. d. — II. Constantine I, the Great: 306–337 a. d. — III. The Dynasty of Constantine: 337–363 a. d. — IV. The House of Valentinian and Theodosius the Great: 364–395 a. d.
23. 23.THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF THE LATE EMPIRE — I. The Autocrat and His Court — II. The Military Organization — III. The Perfection of the Bureaucracy — IV. The Nobility and the Senate — V. The System of Taxation and the Ruin of the Municipalities
24. 24.THE GERMANIC OCCUPATION OF ITALY AND THE WESTERN PROVINCES: 395–493 A. D. — I. General Characteristics of the Period — II. The Visigothic Migrations — III. The Vandals — IV. The Burgundians, Franks, and Saxons — V. The Fall of the Western Empire — VI. The Survival of the Empire in the East
25. 25.THE AGE OF JUSTINIAN: 518–565 A. D. — I. The Germanic Kingdoms in the West to 533 a. d. — II. The Restoration of the Imperial Power in the West: 553–554 a. d. — III. Justinian’s Frontier Problems and Internal Administration
26. 26.RELIGIOUS AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE IN THE LATE EMPIRE — I. The End of Paganism — II. The Church in the Christian Empire — III. Sectarian Strife — IV. Monasticism — V. Literature and Art — EPILOGUE — CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — INDEX — Footnotes — Transcriber’s Note

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