A History of Rome to 565 A. D.

This sketch of the History of Rome to 565 A. D. is primarily intended to meet the needs of introductory college courses in Roman History. However, it is hoped that it may also prove of service as a handbook for students of Roman life and literature in general. It is with the latter in mind that I have added the bibliographical note. Naturally, within the brief limits of such a text, it was impossible to defend the point of view adopted on disputed points or to take notice of divergent opinions. Therefore, to show the great debt which I owe to the work of others, and to provide those interested in particular problems with some guide to more detailed study, I have given a list of selected references, which express, I believe, the prevailing views of modern scholarship upon the various phases of Roman History.

I wish to acknowledge my general indebtedness to Professor W. S. Ferguson of Harvard University for his guidance in my approach to the study of Roman History, and also my particular obligations to Professor W. L. Westermann of Cornell, and to my colleagues, Professors A. L. Cross and J. G. Winter, for reading portions of my manuscript and for much helpful criticism.

A. E. R. Boak.

University of Michigan,
October, 1921

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	INTRODUCTION	PAGE
	The Sources for the Study of Early Roman History	xiii
	PART I THE FORERUNNERS OF ROME IN ITALY
	CHAPTER I
	The Geography of Italy	3
	CHAPTER II
	Prehistoric Civilization in Italy	7
	CHAPTER III
	The Peoples of Historic Italy	13
	The Etruscans; the Greeks.
	PART II THE EARLY MONARCHY AND THE REPUBLIC, FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES TO 27 B. C.
	CHAPTER IV
	Early Rome to the Fall of the Monarchy	25
	The Latins; the Origins of Rome; the Early Monarchy; Early Roman Society.
	CHAPTER V
	The Expansion of Rome to the Unification of the Italian Peninsula: c. 509–265 b. c.	33
	To the Conquest of Veii, c. 392 B. C.; the Gallic Invasion; the Disruption of the Latin League and the Alliance of the Romans with the Campanians; Wars with the Samnites, Gauls and Etruscans; the Roman Conquest of South Italy; the Roman Confederacy.
	CHAPTER VI
	The Constitutional Development of Rome to 287 b. c.	47
	The Early Republic; the Assembly of the Centuries and the Development of the Magistracy; the Plebeian Struggle for Political Equality; the Roman Military System.
	CHAPTER VII
	Religion and Society in Early Rome	61
	CHAPTER VIII
	Roman Domination in the Mediterranean: The First Phase—the Struggle with Carthage, 265–201 b. c.	67
	The Mediterranean World in 265 B. C.; the First Punic War; the Illyrian and Gallic Wars; the Second Punic War; the Effect of the Second Punic War upon Italy.
	CHAPTER IX
	Roman Domination in the Mediterranean: The Second Phase—Rome and the Greek East	89
	The Second Macedonian War; the War with Antiochus the Great and the Ætolians; the Third Macedonian War; Campaigns in Italy and Spain.
	CHAPTER X
	Territorial Expansion in Three Continents: 167–133 b. c.	99
	The Spanish Wars; the Destruction of Carthage; War with Macedonia and the AchÆan Confederacy; the Acquisition of Asia.
	CHAPTER XI
	The Roman State and the Empire: 265–133 b. c.	105
	The Rule of the Senatorial Aristocracy; the Administration of the Provinces; Social and Economic Development; Cultural Progress.
	CHAPTER XII
	The Struggle of the Optimates and the Populares: 133–78 b. c.	125
	The Agrarian Laws of Tiberius Gracchus; the Tribunate of Caius Gracchus; the War with Jugurtha and the Rise of Marius; the Cimbri and the Teutons; Saturninus and Glaucia; the Tribunate of Marcus Livius Drusus; the Italian or Marsic War; the First Mithridatic War; Sulla’s Dictatorship.
	CHAPTER XIII
	The Rise of Pompey the Great: 78–59 b. c.	151
	Pompey’s Command against Sertorius in Spain; the Command of Lucullus against Mithridates; the Revolt of the Gladiators; the Consulate of Pompey and Crassus; the Commands of Pompey against the Pirates and in the East; the Conspiracy of Cataline; the Coalition of Pompey, CÆsar and Crassus.
	CHAPTER XIV
	The Rivalry of Pompey and Caesar: Caesar’s Dictatorship: 59–44 b. c.	166
	CÆsar, Consul; CÆsar’s Conquest of Gaul; the Civil War between CÆsar and the Senate; the Dictatorship of Julius CÆsar.
	CHAPTER XV
	The Passing of the Republic: 44–27 b. c.	185
	The Rise of Octavian; the Triumvirate of 43 B. C.; the victory of Octavian over Antony and Cleopatra; Society and Intellectual Life in the Last Century of the Republic.
	PART III THE PRINCIPATE OR EARLY EMPIRE: 27 B. C.–285 A. D.
	CHAPTER XVI
	The Establishment of the Principate: 27 b. c.–14 a. d.	205
	The Princeps; the Senate, the Equestrians and the Plebs; the Military Establishment; the Revival of Religion and Morality; the Provinces and the Frontiers; the Administration of Rome; the Problem of the Succession; Augustus as a Statesman.
	CHAPTER XVII
	The Julio-Claudian Line and the Flavians: 14–96 a. d.	226
	Tiberius; Caius Caligula; Claudius; Nero; the First War of the Legions or the Year of the Four Emperors; Vespasian and Titus; Domitian.
	CHAPTER XVIII
	From Nerva to Diocletian: 96–285 a. d.	244
	Nerva and Trajan; Hadrian; the Antonines; the Second War of the Legions; the Dynasty of the Severi; the Dissolution and Restoration of the Empire.
	CHAPTER XIX
	The Public Administration under the Principate	264
	The Victory of Autocracy; the Growth of the Civil Service; the Army and the Defence of the Frontiers; the Provinces under the Principate; Municipal Life; the Colonate or Serfdom.
	CHAPTER XX
	Religion and Society	293
	Society under the Principate; the Intellectual World; the Imperial Cult and the Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism; Christianity and the Roman State.
	PART IV THE AUTOCRACY OR LATE EMPIRE: 285–565 A. D.
	CHAPTER XXI
	From Diocletian to Theodosius the Great: the Integrity of the Empire Maintained: 285–395 a. d.	317
	Diocletian; Constantine I, the Great; the Dynasty of Constantine; the House of Valentinian and Theodosius the Great.
	CHAPTER XXII
	The Public Administration of the Late Empire	333
	The Autocrat and his Court; the Military Organization; the Perfection of the Bureaucracy; the Nobility and the Senate; the System of Taxation and the Ruin of the Municipalities.
	CHAPTER XXIII
	The Germanic Occupation of Italy and the Western Provinces: 395–493 a. d.	351
	General Characteristics of the Period; the Visigothic Migrations; the Vandals; the Burgundians, Franks and Saxons; the Fall of the Empire in the West; the Survival of the Empire in the East.
	CHAPTER XXIV
	The Age of Justinian: 518–565 a. d.	369
	The Germanic Kingdoms in the West to 533 A. D.; the Restoration of the Imperial Power in the West; Justinian’s Frontier Problems and Internal Administration.
	CHAPTER XXV
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