A History of the Roman World by Scullard, H. H. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Copyright Contents LIST OF MAPS FOREWORD TO THE ROUTLEDGE CLASSICS EDITION PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION PREFACE TO FOURTH EDITION INTRODUCTION PART I ROME AND ITALY

I The Land and Its Peoples

1 The land 2 Early man 3 The Copper and Bronze Ages 4 The Early Iron Age Villanovans 5 The Italic peoples 6 Greeks, Phoenicians and Celts 7 The Etruscans 8 Etruscan culture 9 The Etruscan Empire 10 Early Latium

II Regal Rome

1 The foundation of Rome: archaeological evidence 2 The foundation of Rome: the legends 3 The early kings 4 The sixth-century kings 5 Etruscan Rome 6 Nobles, commons and the priesthood 7 Political organization 8 The fall of the monarchy

III The New Republic and the Struggle of the Orders

1 The Republican government 2 Land and debt 3 A state within the state 4 The decemvirs and law 5 The weakening of patrician control

IV The Roman Republic and its Neighbours

1 The Triple Alliance 2 The Sabines, Aequi and Volsci 3 The duel with Veii 4 The Gallic catastrophe 5 The recovery of Rome 6 Rome’s widening horizon 7 The end of the Latin League

V The Union of the Orders and the Constitution

1 Economic distress 2 Victories of the plebeians 3 Social and political adjustments 4 The magistrates and Senate 5 The assemblies and people

VI Rome’s Conquest and Organization of Italy

1 Rome and Campania 2 The Great Samnite War 3 Rome’s triumphant advance 4 The Greeks of southern Italy 5 The Italian adventure of Pyrrhus 6 The end of pre-Roman Italy 7 The Roman confederacy

PART II ROME AND CARTHAGE

VII The First Struggle

1 The Carthaginian Empire 2 Carthage 3 The causes of the war 4 Rome’s naval offensive 5 Rome’s offensive in Africa 6 Stalemate and checkmate

VIII The Entr’acte

1 The province of Sicily 2 Carthage and the Sardinian question 3 Rome and the Gauls 4 The Illyrian pirates 5 The Punic Empire in Spain 6 The causes of the Second Punic War

IX Hannibal’s Offensive and Rome’s Defensive

1 Hannibal’s invasion of northern Italy 2 Hannibal in central Italy 3 The Scipios and Spain 4 The extension of the war to Macedon 5 Marcellus and Sicily 6 Fabius and Rome’s defensive

X Scipio and Rome’s Offensive

1 Scipio’s conquest of Spain 2 The war in Italy 3 The Roman offensive in Africa 4 Victory and peace

PART III ROME AND THE MEDITERRANEAN

XI Rome and Greece

1 The Hellenistic world 2 The outbreak of war 3 The causes of the war 4 The Second Macedonian War 5 The settlement of Greece

XII Rome and Antiochus

1 The diplomatic conflict 2 The war in Greece 3 The war in Asia 4 The settlement of the east

XIII Rome and the Eastern Mediterranean

1 The growing tension 2 The Third Macedonian War 3 The Hellenistic east 4 The end of Greek independence

XIV Rome, Italy and the Western Mediterranean

1 The northern frontier 2 Cato and Gracchus in Spain 3 The Celtiberian and Lusitanian Wars 4 The Numantine War 5 Carthage and Masinissa 6 Delenda est Carthago 7 The fall of Carthage

XV Roman Policy and the Government

1 Home policy 2 Foreign policy and the provinces 3 The senatorial oligarchy 4 The rival families

PART IV ROMAN LIFE AND CULTURE

XVI Economic and Social Organization

1 Agriculture 2 Warfare 3 Commerce and industry 4 Currency and finance 5 Slavery 6 Family life 7 Greek influences 8 The city 9 Law

XVII Literature and Art

1 Early Latin 2 The poets 3 Prose writers 4 Art

XVIII Roman Religion

1 The religion of the family 2 The religion of the state 3 Foreign cults

XIX Sources and Authorities

1 Archaeology and inscriptions 2 Calendars and Fasti 3 The historians 4 Sources 5 Chronology

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