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A Smaller History of Rome

A Smaller History of Rome

by William Smith

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Author
Lawrence, Eugene, 1823-1894
Title
A Smaller History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire
Credits
Produced by Alicia Williams, Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta
Subject
Rome -- History
Category
Text
eBook-No.
19694
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19694
Release Date
November 1, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A SMALLER HISTORY OF ROME, — FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EMPIRE.
  2. 2.BY WILLIAM SMITH, LL.D. — WITH A CONTINUATION TO A.D. 479. BY EUGENE LAWRENCE, A.M. — Illustrated by Engravings on Wood.
  3. 3.THE STUDENT'S SERIES. — 12MO, CLOTH, UNIFORM IN STYLE.
  4. 4.THE STUDENT'S SMALLER SERIES. — 16MO, CLOTH. — PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.
  5. 5.NOTICE.
  6. 6.CONTENTS.
  7. 7.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  8. 8.HISTORY OF ROME.
  9. 9.CHAPTER I. — GEOGRAPHY OF ITALY—EARLY INHABITANTS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER II. — THE FIRST FOUR KINGS OF ROME. B.C. 753-616.
  11. 11.CHAPTER III. — THE LAST THREE KINGS OF ROME, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REPUBLIC DOWN TO THE BATTLE OF THE LAKE REGILLUS. B.C. 616-498.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IV. — FROM THE BATTLE OF THE LAKE REGILLUS TO THE DECEMVIRATE. B.C. 498-451.
  13. 13.CHAPTER V. — THE DECEMVIRATE. B.C. 451-449.
  14. 14.CHAPTER VI. — FROM THE DECEMVIRATE TO THE CAPTURE OF ROME BY THE GAULS. B.C. 448-390.
  15. 15.CHAPTER VII. — FROM THE CAPTURE OF ROME BY THE GAULS TO THE FINAL UNION OF THE TWO ORDERS. B.C. 390-367.
  16. 16.CHAPTER VIII. — FROM THE LICINIAN ROGATIONS TO THE END OF THE SAMNITE WARS. B.C. 367-290.
  17. 17.CHAPTER IX. — FROM THE CONCLUSION OF THE SAMNITE WAR TO THE SUBJUGATION OF ITALY. B.C. 290-265.
  18. 18.CHAPTER X. — THE FIRST PUNIC WAR. B.C. 264-241.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XI. — EVENTS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND PUNIC WARS. B.C. 240-210.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XII. — THE SECOND PUNIC WAR: FIRST PERIOD, DOWN TO THE BATTLE OF CANNÆ. B.C. 218-216. — NOTE ON HANNIBAL'S PASSAGE ACROSS THE ALPS.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIII. — SECOND PUNIC WAR: SECOND PERIOD, FROM THE REVOLT OF CAPUA TO THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS. B.C. 215-207.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIV. — SECOND PUNIC WAR. THIRD PERIOD: FROM THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR. B.C. 206-201.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XV. — WARS IN THE EAST. THE MACEDONIAN, SYRIAN, AND GALATIAN WARS. B.C. 214-188.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVI. — WARS IN THE WEST. THE GALLIC, LIGURIAN, AND SPANISH WARS. B.C. 200-175.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XVII. — THE ROMAN CONSTITUTION AND ARMY.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XVIII. — INTERNAL HISTORY OF ROME DURING THE MACEDONIAN AND SYRIAN WARS. CATO AND SCIPIO.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XIX. — THE THIRD MACEDONIAN, ACHÆAN, AND THIRD PUNIC WARS. B.C. 179-146.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XX. — SPANISH WARS, B.C. 153-133. FIRST SERVILE WAR, B.C. 134-132.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXI. — THE GRACCHI. B.C. 133-121.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXII. — JUGURTHA AND HIS TIMES. B.C. 118-104.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIII. — THE CIMBRI AND TEUTONES, B.C. 113-101.—SECOND SERVILE WAR IN SICILY, B.C. 103-101.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXIV. — INTERNAL HISTORY OF ROME FROM THE DEFEAT OF THE CIMBRI AND TEUTONES TO THE SOCIAL WAR. B.C. 100-91.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXV. — THE SOCIAL OR MARSIC WAR. B.C. 90-89.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXVI. — FIRST CIVIL WAR. B.C. 88-86.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXVII. — FIRST MITHRIDATIC WAR. B.C. 88-84.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXVIII. — SECOND CIVIL WAR.—SULLA'S DICTATORSHIP, LEGISLATION, AND DEATH, B.C. 83-78.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXIX. — FROM THE DEATH OF SULLA TO THE CONSULSHIP OF POMPEY AND CRASSUS. B.C. 78-70.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXX. — THIRD OR GREAT MITHRIDATIC WAR. B.C. 74-61.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXI. — INTERNAL HISTORY, FROM THE CONSULSHIP OF POMPEY AND CRASSUS TO THE RETURN OF POMPEY FROM THE EAST.—THE CONSPIRACY OF CATILINE. B.C. 69-61.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXII. — FROM POMPEY'S RETURN FROM THE EAST TO CICERO'S BANISHMENT AND RECALL. B.C. 62-57.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIII. — CÆSAR'S CAMPAIGNS IN GAUL. B.C. 58-50.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIV. — INTERNAL HISTORY, FROM THE RETURN OF CICERO FROM BANISHMENT TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CIVIL WAR.—EXPEDITION AND DEATH OF CRASSUS. B.C. 57-50.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXV. — FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND CIVIL WAR TO CÆSAR'S DEATH. B.C. 49-44.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVI. — FROM THE DEATH OF CÆSAR TO THE BATTLE OF PHILIPPI. B.C. 44-42.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XXXVII. — FROM THE BATTLE OF PHILIPPI TO THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM. B.C. 41-30.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ROMAN LITERATURE, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE DEATH OF AUGUSTUS.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XXXIX. — THE REIGN OF AUGUSTUS CÆSAR. B.C. 31-A.D. 14.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XL. — FROM THE ACCESSION OF TIBERIUS, A.D. 14-37, TO DOMITIAN, A.D. 96. — REIGN OF TITUS, A.D. 79-81. — REIGN OF DOMITIAN, A.D. 81-96
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLI. — PROSPERITY OF THE EMPIRE, A.D. 96.—COMMODUS, A.D. 180.—REIGN OF M. COCCEIUS NERVA, A.D. 96-98. — M. ULPIUS TRAJANUS, A.D. 98-117 — REIGN OF HADRIAN, A.D. 117-138. — REIGN OF ANTONINUS PIUS, A.D. 138-161. — REIGN OF MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS, A.D. 161-180. — REIGN OF M. COMMODUS ANTONINUS, A.D. 180-192.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLII. — FROM PERTINAX TO DIOCLETIAN. A.D. 192-284.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLIII. — FROM DIOCLETIAN, A.D. 284, TO CONSTANTINE'S DEATH, A.D. 337.
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLIV. — FROM THE DEATH OF CONSTANTINE, A.D. 337, TO ROMULUS AUGUSTULUS, A.D. 476.
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLV. — ROMAN LITERATURE UNDER THE EMPIRE. A.D. 14-476.
  54. 54.INDEX. — A. — B. — C. — D. — E. — F. — G. — H. — I. — J. — K. — L. — M. — N. — O. — P. — Q. — R. — S. — T. — U. — V. — W. — X. — Z. — FOOTNOTES:

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