HISTORY.
| I. | Of the Origin of the Romans | [63] |
| II. | From the building of Rome to the death of Romulus | [66] |
| III. | From the death of Romulus to the death of Numa | [71] |
| IV. | From the death of Numa to the death of Tullus Hostilius | [73] |
| V. | From the death of Tullus Hostilius to the death of Ancus Martius | [75] |
| VI. | From the death of Ancus Martius to the death of Taiquinius Priscus | [77] |
| VII. | From the death of Tarquinius Priscus to the death of Servius Tullius | [80] |
| VIII. | From the death of Servius Tullius to the banishment of Tarquinius Superbus | [83] |
| IX. | From the banishment of Tarquinius Superbus to the appointment of the first Dictator | [88] |
| X. | From the Creation of the Dictator to the election of the Tribunes | [93] |
| XI. | From the Creation of the Tribunes to the appointment of the Decemviri, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The great Volscian war | [96] | |
| —— 2.—Civil commotions on account of the Agrarian law | [101] | |
| XII. | From the creation of the Decemviri to the destruction of the city by the Gauls, viz. | |
| Section 1.—Tyranny of the Decemviri | [106] | |
| —— 2.—Crimes of Appius—Revolt of the army | [110] | |
| —— 3.—Election of Military Tribunes— Creation of the Censorship | [115] | |
| —— 4.—Siege and capture of Veii—Invasion of the Gauls | [119] | |
| —— 5.—Deliverance of Rome from the Gauls | [125] | |
| XIII. | From the wars with the Samnites to the First Punic war, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The Latin war | [131] | |
| —— 2.—Invasion of Italy by Pyrrhus, king of Epirus | [135] | |
| —— 3.—Defeat and departure of Pyrrhus | [140] | |
| XIV. | From the beginning of the First Punic war to the beginning of the Second, viz. | |
| Section 1.—Causes and commencement of the war—Invasion of Africa by Regulus | [144] | |
| —— 2.—Death of Regulus—Final Triumph of the Romans | [149] | |
| XV. | The Second Punic war, viz. | |
| Section 1.—Commencement of the war—Hannibal's invasion of Italy | [151] | |
| —— 2.—Victorious career of Hannibal | [155] | |
| —— 3.—Retrieval of the Roman affairs—Invasion of Africa by Scipio—Conclusion of the war | [160] | |
| XVI. | Macedonian, Syrian, Third Punic, and Spanish wars | [164] |
| XVII. | From the Destruction of Carthage to the end of the Sedition of the Gracchi, viz. | |
| Section 1.—Murder of Tiberius Gracchus | [170] | |
| —— 2.—Slaughter of Caius Gracchus and his adherents | [174] | |
| XVIII. | From the Sedition of Gracchus to the perpetual Dictatorship of Sylla, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The Jugurthine and Social wars | [178] | |
| —— 2.—The cruel massacres perpetrated by Marius and Sylla | [183] | |
| XIX. | From the perpetual Dictatorship of Sylla to the first Triumvirate | [188] |
| XX. | From the First Triumvirate to the death of Pompey, viz. | |
| Section 1.—Cæsar's wars in Gaul—Commencement of the Civil war | [194] | |
| —— 2.—Cæsar's victorious career | [199] | |
| —— 3.—The campaign in Thessaly and Epirus | [204] | |
| —— 4.—The battle of Pharsalia | [208] | |
| —— 5.—Death of Pompey | [212] | |
| XXI. | From the Destruction of the Commonwealth to the establishment of the first Emperor, Augustus, viz. | |
| Section 1.—Cæsar's Egyptian campaign | [218] | |
| —— 2.—The African campaign | [223] | |
| —— 3.—Death of Cæsar | [228] | |
| —— 4.—The Second Triumvirate | [234] | |
| —— 5.—The Battle of Philippi | [239] | |
| —— 6.—Dissensions of Antony and Augustus | [244] | |
| —— 7.—The Battle of Actium | [249] | |
| —— 8.—The Conquest of Egypt | [255] | |
| XXII. | From the accession of Augustus to the death of Domitian, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The beneficent Administration of Augustus | [262] | |
| —— 2.—Death of Augustus | [267] | |
| —— 3.—The reign of Tiberius—Death of Germanicus | [271] | |
| —— 4.—Death of Sejanus and Tiberius—Accession of Caligula | [276] | |
| —— 5.—Extravagant cruelties of Caligula—His death | [281] | |
| —— 6.—The Reign of Claudius | [285] | |
| —— 7.—The reign of Nero | [291] | |
| —— 8.—Death of Nero—Reigns of Galba and Otho | [296] | |
| —— 9.—The reigns of Vitellius and Vespasian—The siege of Jerusalem by Titus | [301] | |
| —— 10.—The Reigns of Titus and Domitian | [307] | |
| —— 11.—The assassination of Domitian | [312] | |
| XXIII. | The Five good emperors of Rome, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The Reigns of Nerva and Trajan | [316] | |
| —— 2.—The Reign of Adrian | [321] | |
| —— 3.—The Reign of Antoninus Pius | [325] | |
| —— 4.—The reign of Marcus Aurelius | [330] | |
| XXIV. | From the accession of Commodus to the change of the seat of Government, from Rome to Constantinople, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The Reigns of Commodus, Pertinax, and Didius | [333] | |
| —— 2.—The Reigns of Severus, Caracalla, Maximus, and Heliogabalus | [337] | |
| —— 3.—The reigns of Alexander, Maximin, and Gordian | [342] | |
| —— 4.—The Reigns of Philip, Decius, Gallus, Valerian, Claudius, Aurelian, Tacitus, and Probus | [346] | |
| —— 5.—The reigns of Carus, Carinus, Dioclesian, and Constantius—Accession of Constantine | [350] | |
| —— 6.—The reign of Constantine | [355] | |
| XXV. | From the death of Constantine, to the reunion of the Roman empire under Theodosius the Great, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The Reign of Constantius | [358] | |
| —— 2.—The Reigns of Julian Jovian, the Valentinians, and Theodosius | [365] | |
| XXVI. | From the death of Theodosius to the subversion of the Western Empire, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The division of the Roman dominions into the Eastern and Western empires | [373] | |
| —— 2.—Decline and fall of the Western empire | [377] | |
| XXVII. | Historical notices of the different barbarous tribes that aided in overthrowing the Roman empire | [385] |
| XXVIII. | The progress of Christianity | [391] |
| Chronological Index | [395] |
HISTORY OF ROME
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I.
GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE OF ITALY.
Italia! oh, Italia! thou who hast
The fatal gift of beauty, which became
A funeral dower of present woes and past,
On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame,
And annals traced in characters of flame.—Byron.