153 : 24 _seq._ The Mediterranean Race in Rome. Montelius, _La Civilisation primitive en Italie_; Peet, _The Stone and Bronze Ages in Italy_; Munro, _Palæolithic Man and the Terramara Settlements_; Modestov, _Introduction à l’histoire romain_; Frank, _Roman Imperialism_. Giuffrida-Ruggeri, in _A Sketch of the Anthropology of Italy_, p. 101, says of the composition of the population of Rome: “The three fundamental European races, _H. mediterraneus_, _H. alpinus_, and _H. nordicus_, had their representatives among the ancient Romans, although the skeletal remains of the Mediterraneans and the Northerners are difficult to distinguish from each other. It is also possible that the Northerners belonged to the aristocrats who preferred to burn their dead. In the calm tenacity and quiet growth of the Roman people perhaps the descendants of _H. nordicus_ represented the turbulent restlessness of violent and bold individuals which, even in Roman history, one is able to discern from time to time.” In this connection it is interesting to note what Charles W. Gould has said on p. 117, in _America, a Family Matter_, concerning Sulla. He describes him as follows: “Even during the terror Sulla found time for enjoyment. Tawny hair, piercing blue eyes, fair complexion readily suffused with color as emotion and red blood surged within, Norseman that he was, he presided over constant and splendid entertainments, taking more pleasure in a witty actor than in the degenerate men and women of the old nobility who elbowed their way in.” Also see the notes to p. 215 : 21. 154 : 5. Quarrels between the Patricians and the Plebs. See Tenney Frank, _Roman Imperialism_, pp. 5 _seq._, for a discussion of the mixture of races, “only we cannot agree that a social state can accomplish race amalgamation. The two races are still there.” Boni, _Notizie degli Scavi_, vol. III p. 401, believes that the Patricians were the descendants of the immigrant Aryans, while the Plebeians were the offspring of the aboriginal Non-Aryan stock. Compare this with the statements of early writers concerning the conditions in Gaul, especially as summed up by Dottin in his _Manuel Celtique_.