Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber’s Note: As a result of editorial shortcomings in the original, some reference letters in the text don’t have matching entries in the reference-lists, and vice versa. THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLD [Illustration: MOMMSEN] THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLD A comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: edited, with the assistance of a distinguished board of advisers and contributors, by HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, LL.D. [Illustration] IN TWENTY-FIVE VOLUMES VOLUME VI--THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE The Outlook Company New York The History Association London 1904 COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS. _All rights reserved._ Press of J. J. Little & Co. Astor Place, New York Contributors, and Editorial Revisers. Prof. Adolf Erman, University of Berlin. Prof. Joseph Halévy, College of France. Prof. Thomas K. Cheyne, Oxford University. Prof. Andrew C. McLaughlin, University of Michigan. Prof. David H. Müller, University of Vienna. Prof. Alfred Rambaud, University of Paris. Prof. Eduard Meyer, University of Berlin. Dr. James T. Shotwell, Columbia University. Prof. Theodor Nöldeke, University of Strasburg. Prof. Albert B. Hart, Harvard University. Dr. Paul Brönnle, Royal Asiatic Society. Dr. James Gairdner, C.B., London. Prof. Ulrich von Wilamowitz Möllendorff, University of Berlin. Prof. H. Marnali, University of Budapest. Dr. G. W. Botsford, Columbia University. Prof. Julius Wellhausen, University of Göttingen. Prof. Franz R. von Krones, University of Graz. Prof. Wilhelm Soltau, Zabern University. Prof. R. W. Rogers, Drew Theological Seminary. Prof. A. Vambéry, University of Budapest. Prof. Otto Hirschfeld, University of Berlin. Baron Bernardo di San Severino Quaranta, London. Prof. F. York Powell, Oxford University. Dr. John P. Peters, New York. Dr. S. Rappoport, School of Oriental Languages, Paris. Prof. Hermann Diels, University of Berlin. Prof. C. W. C. Oman, Oxford University. Prof. I. Goldziher, University of Vienna. Prof. E. C. Fleming, University of West Virginia. Prof. R. Koser, University of Berlin. CONTENTS VOLUME VI