A Smaller History of Rome

The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Smaller History of Rome, by William Smith and Eugene Lawrence This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: A Smaller History of Rome Author: William Smith and Eugene Lawrence Release Date: November 1, 2006 [EBook #19694] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SMALLER HISTORY OF ROME *** Produced by Alicia Williams, Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: THE ROMAN FORUM RESTORED.] A SMALLER HISTORY OF ROME, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EMPIRE. BY WILLIAM SMITH, LL.D. WITH A CONTINUATION TO A.D. 479. BY EUGENE LAWRENCE, A.M. [Illustration] Illustrated by Engravings on Wood. 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The present History has been drawn up chiefly for the lower forms in schools, at the request of several teachers, and is intended to range with the author's Smaller History of Greece. It will be followed by a similar History of England. The author is indebted in this work to several of the more important articles upon Roman history in the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography. The Table of Contents presents a full analysis of the work, and has been so arranged that the teacher can frame from it questions for the examination of his class, the answers to which will be found in the corresponding pages of the volume. The restoration of the Forum has been designed by Mr. P.W. Justyne. W.S. [Illustration: Temple of Janus. (From a Coin.)] [Illustration: Julius C sar.] � CONTENTS. B.C. Page CHAPTER I. GEOGRAPHY OF ITALY--EARLY INHABITANTS. Position of Italy 1 Its boundaries 1 Its two Divisions 1 I. Gallia Cisalpina 2 Liguria 2 Venetia 2 II. Italia, properly so called 2 Etruria 2 Umbria 2 Picenum 2 Sabini 3 Marsi 3 Peligni 3 Vestini 3 Marrucini 3 Frentani 3 Latium: its two senses 3 The Campagna 3 The Pontine Marshes 4 Campania 4 Bay of Naples 4 Samnium 4 Apulia 4 Calabria 4 Lucania 4 Bruttii 4 Fertility of Italy 5 Its productions 5 Its inhabitants 5 I. Italians proper 5 1. Latins 5 2. Umbro-Sabellians 5 II. Iapygians 5 III. Etruscans 5 Their name 5 Their language 5 Their origin 5 Their two confederacies 6 1. North of the Po 6 2. South of the Apennines 6 Foreign races-- IV. Greeks 6 Gauls 6 CHAPTER II. THE FIRST FOUR KINGS OF ROME. B.C. 753-616. Position of Rome 7 Its inhabitants 7 1. Latins 7 2. Sabines 7 3. Etruscans 7 Remarks on early Roman history 8 Legend of neas 8� Legend of Ascanius 8 Foundation of Alba Longa 8 Legend of Rhea Silvia 8 Birth of Romulus and Remus 8 Their recognition by Numitor 9 753. Foundation of Rome 9 Roma Quadrata 9 Pomoerium 9 Death of Remus 10 753-716. Reign of Romulus 9 Asylum 10 Rape of Sabines 10 War with Sabines 10 Tarpeia 10 Sabine women 10 Joint reign of Romulus and Titus Tatius 11 Death of Titus Tatius 11 Sole reign of Romulus 11 Death of Romulus 11 Institutions ascribed to Romulus 12 Patricians & Clients 12 Three tribes--Ramnes, Tities, Luceres 12 Thirty Curi 12� Three Hundred Gentes 12 Comitia Curiata 12 The Senate 12 The Army 12 716-673. Reign of Numa Pompilius 12 Institutions ascribed to Numa Pompilius 12 Pontiffs 12 Augurs 13 Flamens 13 Vestal Virgins 13