BOOK I
THE PERIOD OF THE KINGS—B.C. 510
Arrival of Æneas in Italy—Ascanius founds Alba Longa—Birth of
Romulus and Remus—Founding the city—Rome under the kings—Death of
Lucretia—Expulsion of the Tarquins—First consuls elected
BOOK II
THE FIRST COMMONWEALTH—B.C. 509-468
Brutus establishes the republic—A conspiracy to receive the kings into the city—Death of Brutus—Dedication of the Capitol—Battle of Lake Regillus—Secession of the commons to the Sacred Mount—Five tribunes of the people appointed—First proposal of an agrarian law—Patriotism of the Fabian family—Contests of the plebeians and patricians
BOOK III
THE DECEMVIRATE—B.C. 468-446
Disturbances over the agrarian law—Cincinnatus called from his fields and made dictator—Number of tribunes increased to ten—Decemvirs appointed—The ten tables—Tyranny of the decemvirs—Death of Virginia—Re-establishment of the consular and tribunician power