CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I.— FROM THE FOUNDATION OF ROME TO THE DEATH OF ROMULUS 1 II.— FROM THE ACCESSION OF NUMA POMPILIUS TO THE DEATH OF ANCUS MARTIUS 14 III.— FROM THE ACCESSION OF TARQUINIUS PRISCUS TO THE DEATH OF SERVIUS TULLIUS 23 IV.— FROM THE ACCESSION OF TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS TO THE BANISHMENT OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, AND THE ABOLITION OF THE KINGLY DIGNITY 33 V.— FROM THE BANISHMENT OF TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS TO THE BATTLE OF LAKE REGILLUS 43 VI.— FROM THE BATTLE OF THE LAKE REGILLUS TO THE CLOSE OF THE WAR WITH THE VOLSCIANS 56 VII.— FROM THE CLOSE OF THE WAR WITH THE VOLSCIANS TO THE PASSING OF THE BILL OF TERENTILLUS 65 VIII.— FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DECEMVIRATE TO THE TAKING OF VEII 73 IX.— FROM THE TAKING OF ROME BY THE GAULS TO ITS SUBSEQUENT PRESERVATION BY MANLIUS 89 X.— FROM THE TRIBUNESHIP OF C. LICINIUS TO THE DEFEAT OF THE GAULS BY VALERIUS 97 XI.— FROM THE FIRST WAR AGAINST THE SAMNITES TO THE PASSING OF THE LAWS OF PUBLILIUS 107 XII.— FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND TO THE END OF THE THIRD SAMNITE WAR 116 XIII.— ON THE PEACEFUL OCCUPATIONS OF THE ROMANS. FROM THE SCARCITY OF SUBJECT, NECESSARILY A VERY SHORT CHAPTER 129 [viii]XIV.— FROM THE END OF THE THIRD SAMNITE WAR TO THE SUBJUGATION OF ALL ITALY BY THE ROMANS 135 XV.— THE FIRST PUNIC WAR 150 XVI.— SOME MISCELLANEOUS WARS OF ROME 161 XVII.— THE SECOND PUNIC WAR 171 XVIII.— CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND PUNIC WAR 183 XIX.— WAR WITH THE MACEDONIANS. PROCLAMATION OF THE FREEDOM OF GREECE BY FLAMINIUS. WAR WITH ANTIOCHUS. DEATH OF HANNIBAL, AND OF SCIPIO AFRICANUS 193 XX.— PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. MORALS, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND STATE OF THE DRAMA AND LITERATURE AMONG THE ROMANS 204 XXI.— WARS AGAINST PERSEUS. THE THIRD PUNIC WAR. SIEGE AND DESTRUCTION OF CARTHAGE, AND DITTO DITTO OF CORINTH 215 XXII.— WARS IN SPAIN. VIRIATHUS. DESTRUCTION OF NUMANTIA. THE SERVILE WAR IN SICILY. APPROPRIATION OF PERGAMUS 225 XXIII.— THE GRACCHI AND THEIR MOTHER. RISE AND FALL OF TIBERIUS AND CAIUS GRACCHUS 234 XXIV.— THE JUGURTHINE WAR. WAR AGAINST THE CIMBRI AND TEUTONI 247 XXV.— MITHRIDATES, SULLA, MARIUS, CINNA, ET CÆTERA 257 XXVI.— DEATH OF CINNA. RETURN OF SULLA TO ROME. C. PAPIRIUS CARBO. DICTATORSHIP OF SULLA 267 XXVII.— REACTION AGAINST THE POLICY OF SULLA. SERVICES OF Q. SERTORIUS. METELLUS. CN. POMPEY. SPIRITED STEPS OF SPARTACUS. THE IRATE PIRATE 275 XXVIII.— THE THIRD MITHRIDATIC WAR. DEPOSITION AND DEATH OF MITHRIDATES 284 XXIX.— CONSPIRACY OF CATILINE. INTRODUCTION OF CICERO. CÆSAR, POMPEY, CRASSUS, AND CO. 289 XXX.— OVERTHROW OF CRASSUS. DEFEAT OF POMPEY. DICTATORSHIP AND DEATH OF CÆSAR. END OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC 299 ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. PAGE 1. Romulus and Remus discovered by a Gentle Shepherd i 2. Tarquinius Superbus makes himself King 32 3. Appius Claudius Punished by the People 80 4. The Gallant Curtius Leaping into the Gulf 104 5. Pyrrhus Arrives in Italy with his Troupe 138 6.