---- 3.--Defeat and departure of Pyrrhus XIV. From the beginning of the First Punic war to the beginning of the Second, viz. Section 1.--Causes and commencement of the war--Invasion of Africa by Regulus ---- 2.--Death of Regulus--Final Triumph of the Romans XV. The Second Punic war, viz. Section 1.--Commencement of the war--Hannibal's invasion of Italy ---- 2.--Victorious career of Hannibal ---- 3.--Retrieval of the Roman affairs--Invasion of Africa by Scipio--Conclusion of the war XVI. Macedonian, Syrian, Third Punic, and Spanish wars XVII. From the Destruction of Carthage to the end of the Sedition of the Gracchi, viz. Section 1.--Murder of Tiberius Gracchus ---- 2.--Slaughter of Caius Gracchus and his adherents XVIII. From the Sedition of Gracchus to the perpetual Dictatorship of Sylla, viz. Section 1.--The Jugurthine and Social wars ---- 2.--The cruel massacres perpetrated by Marius and Sylla XIX. From the perpetual Dictatorship of Sylla to the first Triumvirate XX. From the First Triumvirate to the death of Pompey, viz. Section 1.--Caesar's wars in Gaul--Commencement of the Civil war ---- 2.--Caesar's victorious career ---- 3.--The campaign in Thessaly and Epirus ---- 4.--The battle of Pharsalia----5.--Death of Pompey XXI. From the Destruction of the Commonwealth to the establishment of the first Emperor, Augustus, viz. Section 1.--Caesar's Egyptian campaign ---- 2.--The African campaign ---- 3.--Death of Caesar ---- 4.--The Second Triumvirate ---- 5.--The Battle of Philippi ---- 6.--Dissensions of Antony and Augustus ---- 7.--The Battle of Actium ---- 8.--The Conquest of Egypt XXII. From the accession of Augustus to the death of Domitian, viz. Section 1.--The beneficent Administration of Augustus ---- 2.--Death of Augustus ---- 3.--The reign of Tiberius--Death of Germanicus ---- 4.--Death of Sejanus and Tiberius--Accession of Caligula ---- 5.--Extravagant cruelties of Caligula--His death ---- 6.--The Reign of Claudius ---- 7.--The reign of Nero ---- 8.--Death of Nero--Reigns of Galba and Otho ---- 9.--The reigns of Vitellius and Vespasian--The siege of Jerusalem by Titus ---- 10.--The Reigns of Titus and Domitian ---- 11.--The assassination of Domitian XXIII. The Five good emperors of Rome, viz. Section 1.--The Reigns of Nerva and Trajan ---- 2.--The Reign of Adrian ---- 3.--The Reign of Antoninus Pius ---- 4.--The reign of Marcus Aurelius XXIV. From the accession of Commodus to the change of the seat of Government, from Rome to Constantinople, viz. Section 1.--The Reigns of Commodus, Pertinax, and Didius ---- 2.--The Reigns of Severus, Caracalla, Maximus, and Heliogabalus ---- 3.--The reigns of Alexander, Maximin, and Gordian ---- 4.--The Reigns of Philip, Decius, Gallus, Valerian, Claudius, Aurelian, Tacitus, and Probus