Note: This e-book is a compilation of the five volumes of this work. Each volume is also available individually in the Project Gutenberg library. Book I: The Period Anterior to the Abolition of the Monarchy See https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10701 Book II: From the Abolition of the Monarchy in Rome to the Union of Italy See https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10702 Book III: From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States See https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10703 Book IV: The Revolution See https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10704 Book V: The Establishment of the Military Monarchy See https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10705 The original German version of this work, Roemische Geschichte, is also available in the Project Gutenberg library. Erstes Buch: bis zur Abschaffung des roemischen Koenigtums See https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3060 Zweites Buch: von der Abschaffung des roemischen Keonigtums bis zur Einigung Italiens See https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3061 Drittes Buch: von der Einigung Italiens bis auf die Unterwerfung Karthagos und der griechischen Staaten See https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3062 Viertes Buch: Die Revolution See https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3063 Fuenftes Buch: Die Begruendung der Militaermonarchie See https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3064 THE HISTORY OF ROME by THEODOR MOMMSEN Translated with the Sanction of the Author by William Purdie Dickson, D.D., LL.D. Professor of Divinity in the University of Glasgow A New Edition Revised Throughout and Embodying Recent Additions DEDICATIONS The First Volume of the original bears the inscription:-- To My Friend MORIZ HAUPT of Berin The Second:-- To My Dear Associates FERDINAND HITZIG of Zurich and KARL LUDWIG of Vienna 1852, 1853, 1854 And the Third:-- Dedicated with Old and Loyal Affection to OTTO JAHN of Bonn CONTENTS BOOK I: The Period Anterior to the Abolition of the Monarchy CHAPTER I. Introduction II. The Earliest Migrations into Italy III. The Settlements of the Latins IV. The Beginnings of Rome V. The Original Constitution of Rome VI. The Non-Burgesses and the Reformed Constitution VII. The Hegemony of Rome in Latium VIII. The Umbro-Sabellian Stocks--Beginnings of the Samnites IX. The Etruscans X. The Hellenes in Italy--Maritime Supremacy of the Tuscans and Carthaginians XI. Law and Justice XII. Religion XIII. Agriculture, Trade, and Commerce XIV. Measuring and Writing XV. Art BOOK II: From the Abolition of the Monarchy in Rome to the Union of Italy CHAPTER I. Change of the Constitution--Limitation of the Power of the Magistrate