History of Rome: Translated with the Author's Sanction and Additions 1

This four-volume set by the Nobel Prize-winning historian Theodor Mommsen presents a comprehensive history of the Roman Empire. Mommsen's magisterial synthesis of the history of Rome, culminating with Julius Caesar, is equally notable for its systematic use of epigraphic, literary, and archaeological evidence, its brilliant style, and its firm affection for the cause of Julius Caesar. This Gorgias Press reprint of the 1869–1874 New York edition will be a valuable library addition for classics scholars and history enthusiasts. PREFACE PREFATORY NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR EXTRACT FROM DR. MOMMSEN'S PREFACE CONTENTS BOOK FIRST. THE PERIOD ANTERIOR TO THE ABOLITION OF THE MONARCHY CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER II. THE EARLIEST MIGRATIONS INTO ITALY CHAPTER III. THE SETTLEMENTS OF THE LATINS CHAPTER IV. THE BEGINNINGS OF ROME CHAPTER V. THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION OF ROME CHAPTER VI. THE NON-BURGESSES AND THE REFORMED CONSTITUTION CHAPTER VII. THE HEGEMONY OF ROME IN LATIUM CHAPTER VIII. THE UMBRO-SABELLIAN STOCKS. BEGINNINGS OF THE SAMNITES CHAPTER IX. THE ETRUSCANS CHAPTER X. THE HELLENES IN ITALY. MARITIME SUPREMACY OF THE TUSCANS AND CARTHAGINIANS CHAPTER XI. LAW AND JUSTICE CHAPTER XII. RELIGION CHAPTER XIII. AGRICULTURE, TRADE, AND COMMERCE CHAPTER XIV. MEASURING AND WRITING CHAPTER XV. ART BOOK SECOND. FROM THE ABOLITION OF THE MONARCHY IN ROME TO THE UNION OF ITALY CHAPTER I. CHANGE OF THE CONSTITUTION. LIMITATION OF THE POWER OF THE MAGISTRATE CHAPTER II. THE TRIBUNATE OF THE PLEBS AND THE DECEMVIRATE CHAPTER III. THE EQUALIZATION OF THE ORDERS, AND THE NEW ARISTOCRACY CHAPTER IV. PALL OF THE ETRUSCAN POWER. THE CELTS CHAPTER V. SUBJUGATION OF THE LATINS AND CAMPANIANS BY ROME CHAPTER VI. STRUGGLE OF THE ITALIANS AGAINST ROME CHAPTER VII. STRUGGLE BETWEEN PYRRHUS AND ROME, AND UNION OF ITALY CHAPTER VIII. LAW. RELIGION. MILITARY SYSTEM. ECONOMIC CONDITION. NATIONALITY CHAPTER IX. ART AND SCIENCE APPENDIX