Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of public domain works from the University of Michigan Digital Libraries.) HISTORY OF JULIUS CÆSAR. VOL. I. The Publishers hereby announce that all rights of translation and reproduction abroad are reserved. This volume was entered at the office of the Minister of the Interior (_déposé au Ministère de l’Intérieur_) in March, 1865. The only Editions and Translations sanctioned by the Author are the following: _French._--HENRI PLON, Printer and Publisher of the “_History of Julius Cæsar_,” 8 Rue Garancière, Paris. _English._--CASSELL, PETTER, and GALPIN, Publishers, La Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C. _American._--HARPER and BROTHERS, Franklin Square, New York. (Authorized by the English Publishers.) _German._--CHARLES GEROLD, FILS, Printers and Publishers, Vienna. _Italian._--LEMONNIER, Printer and Publisher, Florence. _Portuguese._--V. AILLAUD, GUILLARD, and Co., Paris, Publishers, and Agents for Portugal and Brazil. _Russian._--B. M. WOLFF, Bookseller and Publisher, St. Petersburg. _Danish_, _Norwegian_, _Swedish._--CARL B. LORCK, Consul General for Denmark, Bookseller and Publisher, Leipsic. _Hungarian._--MAURICE RATH, Bookseller and Publisher, Pesth. [Illustration: CAIVS JVLIVS CÆSAR New York: Harper & Brothers.] HISTORY OF JULIUS CÆSAR. VOL. I. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1866. CONTENTS. BOOK I. ROMAN HISTORY BEFORE CÆSAR. CHAPTER I. ROME UNDER THE KINGS. PAGE I. THE KINGS FOUND THE ROMAN INSTITUTIONS 1 II. SOCIAL ORGANISATION 3 III. POLITICAL ORGANISATION 6 IV. RELIGION 15 V. RESULTS OBTAINED BY ROYALTY 20 CHAPTER II. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONSULAR REPUBLIC (244-416). I. ADVANTAGE OF THE REPUBLIC 25 II. INSTITUTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC 31 III. TRANSFORMATION OF THE ARISTOCRACY 36 IV. ELEMENTS OF DISSOLUTION 42 V. RÉSUMÉ 53 CHAPTER III. CONQUEST OF ITALY (416-488). I. DESCRIPTION OF ITALY 62 II. DISPOSITIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF ITALY IN REGARD TO ROME 65