XIII.--ON THE PEACEFUL OCCUPATIONS OF THE ROMANS. FROM THE SCARCITY OF SUBJECT, NECESSARILY A VERY SHORT CHAPTER 129 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 33 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. HANNIBAL, WHILST EVEN YET A CHILD, SWEARS ETERNAL HATRED TO THE ROMANS 168 7. FLAMINIUS RESTORING LIBERTY TO GREECE AT THE ISTHMIAN GAMES 195 8. THE MOTHER OF THE GRACCHI 234