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Book SynopsisVolume 1 of The History of Rome by the Nobel Prize winning classical historian Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903) covers the period from Rome's earliest origins to the unification of Italy. This monumental work became the enduring rival of Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776–1789).
Table of ContentsBook First. The Period Anterior to the Abolition of the Monarchy: 1. Introduction; 2. The earliest migrations into Italy; 3. The settlements of the Latins; 4. The beginnings of Rome; 5. The original constitution of Rome; 6. The non-burgesses and the reformed constitution; 7. The hegemony of Rome in Latium; 8. The Umbro-Sabellian stock – beginnings of the Samnites; 9. The Etruscans; 10. The Hellenes in Italy – maritime supremacy of the Tuscans and Carthaginians; 11. Law and justice; 12. Religion; 13. Agriculture, trade, and commerce; 14. Measuring and writing; 15. Art; Book Second. From the Abolition of the Monarchy in Rome to the Union of Italy: 1. Change of the constitution – limitation of the power of the magistrate; 2. The tribunate of the plebs and the decemvirate; 3. The equalization of the orders and the new aristocracy; 4. Fall of the Etruscan power – the Celts; 5. Subjugation of the Latins and Campanians by Rome; 6. Struggle of the Italians against Rome; 7. The struggle between Pyrrhus and Rome; 8. Law, religion, military system, economic condition, nationality; 9. Art and science; Appendix.
