  | VOLUME V | | ROME | | PAGE | | INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS | | The World Influence of Early Rome. By Dr. Eduard Meyer | 1 | | The Scope and Development of Early Roman History. By Dr. Wilhelm Soltau | 11 | | BOOK I.—EARLY ROMAN HISTORY TO THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC | | Introduction | 25 | | CHAPTER I | | Land and People | 43 | | The land of Italy, 44. Early population of Italy, 48. Beginnings of Rome and the primitive Roman commonwealth, 51. | | CHAPTER II | | Early Legends of Rome—Æneas and Romulus (ca. 753-716 B.C.) | 58 | | The Æneas legend, 59. The Ascanius legend, 60. The legend of Romulus and Remus, 61. The rape of the Sabines, 63. A critical study of the legends, 66. Explanation of the Æneas legend, 69. The Romulus legend examined, 70. | | CHAPTER III | | Legendary History of the Kings (ca. 716-510 B.C.) | 75 | | Numa Pompilius, 75. Tullus Hostilius, 76. The combat of the Horatii and the Curiatii, 77. Ancus Marcius, 79. L. Tarquinius Priscus, 80. Servius Tullius, 82. Lucius Tarquinius the Tyrant, 83. | | CHAPTER IV | | The Banishment of the Kings—Criticisms of Monarchial History (ca. 510 B.C.) | 85 | | Tarquinius consults the oracle, 85. The rape of Lucretia, 86. Niebuhr on the story of Lucretia, 87. The banishment of Tarquinius, 88. Porsenna’s war upon the Romans; the story of Horatius at the bridge, as told by Dionysius, 90. Caius Mucius and King Porsenna, 92. Battle of Lake Regillus, 93. The myths of the Roman kings critically examined, 95. The historical value of the myths, 100. | | CHAPTER V | | Civilisation of the Regal Period (ca. 753-510 B.C.) | 103 | | Organisation of the state, 103. The status of the monarchy, 105. Religion, 107. Constitution, 107. The organisation of the army, 111. Classes of foot soldiers, 446. Rome’s debt to Sulla, 448. The Roman provinces, 450. The career of Verres, 454. | | CHAPTER XX | | The Rise of Pompey (78-61 B.C.) | 457 | | Lepidus and Sertorius, 457. The war of the Gladiators, 460. The consulship of Pompey and Crassus, 461. Pompey subdues the Cilician pirates, 464. The Second and Third Mithridatic wars, 467. The Armenian War, 469. The end of Mithridates, 473. Pompey in Jerusalem, 474. | | CHAPTER XXI | | The Conspiracy of Catiline (67-61 B.C.) | 475 | | Marcus Porcius Cato, 475. Caius Julius CÆsar, 477. L. Sergius Catilina and his times, 480. The conspiracy, 483. CÆsar and the conspiracy, 488. The rise of Julius CÆsar, 494. The return of Pompey, 497. | | CHAPTER XXII | | CÆsar and Pompey (60-50 B.C.) | 501 | | The first triumvirate, 501. Clodius exiles Cicero, 504. The recall of Cicero, 506. Second consulate of Pompey and Crassus, 508. The Parthian War of Crassus, 509. Anarchy at Rome, 511. Pompey sole consul, 513. The Gallic wars, 514. The battle with the Nervii, 516. The sea fight with the Veneti, 520. The massacre of the Germans, 522. The Roman army meets the Britons, 523. | | CHAPTER XXIII | | CÆsar at War against Pompey (60-48 B.C.) | 528 | | The war between CÆsar and Pompey, 529. CÆsar crosses the Rubicon, 532. CÆsar’s serious position, 534. CÆsar lord from Rome to Spain, 535. CÆsar in Greece, 536. Appian describes the battle of Dyrrhachium, 537. Pharsalia, 541. | | CHAPTER XXIV | | From Pharsalia to the Death of Cato (48-46 B.C.) | 544 | | CÆsar in Egypt, 544. The war with Pharnaces, 551. CÆsar returns to Rome, 552. The African War, 554. Sallust’s comparison of CÆsar and Cato, 558. | | CHAPTER XXV |
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