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at Rome 42
Death of Sp. Mælius 42
Foreign wars 42
Roman colonies 43
War with the Etruscans 43
437. Spolia Opima won by A. Cornelius Cossus 43
426. Capture and destruction of Fidenæ 43
403. Commencement of siege of Veii 43
Tale of the Alban Lake 43
396. Appointment of Camillus as Dictator 43 Capture of Veii 44
394. War with Falerii 44 Tale of the Schoolmaster 44
Unpopularity of Camillus 44
391. He goes into exile 44
CHAPTER VII.
FROM THE CAPTURE OF ROME BY THE GAULS TO THE
FINAL UNION OF THE TWO ORDERS. B.C. 390-367.
The Gauls, or Celts 45

391. Attack of Clusium by the Senones 45
Roman ambassadors sent to Clusium 45
They take part in the fight against the Senones 45
The Senones march upon Rome 46
390. Battle of the Allia 46
Destruction of Rome 46
Siege of the Capitol 46 Legend of M. Manlius 47
Appointment of Camillus as Dictator 47
He delivers Rome from the Gauls 47
Rebuilding of the city 47
Further Gallic wars 48
361. Legend of T. Manlius Torquatus 48
349. Legend of M. Valerius Corvus 48
385. Distress at Rome 48
384. M. Manlius comes forward as a patron of the poor 48
His fate 49
376. Licinian Rogations proposed 49
Violent opposition of the Patricians 50
367. Licinian Rogations passed 50
366. L. Sextius first Plebeian Consul 50

Institution of the Prætorship 50
356. First Plebeian Dictator 51
351. First Plebeian Censor 51
336. First Plebeian Prætor 51
300. Lex Ogulnia, increasing the number of the Pontiffs and Augurs,
and enacting that a certain number of them should be taken from the
Plebeians 51
339. Publilian Laws 51
286. Lex Hortensia 51
CHAPTER VIII.
FROM THE LICINIAN ROGATIONS TO THE END OF THE
SAMNITE WARS. B.C. 367-290.
362. Pestilence at Rome 52
Death of Camillus 52
Tale of M. Curtius 53
The Samnites 53
Their history 53
Division into four tribes 53
Conquer Campania and Lucania 53
Samnites of the Apennines attack the Sidicini 53
Campanians assist the Sidicini 53

They are defeated by the Samnites 53
They solicit the assistance of Rome 53
343-341. FIRST SAMNITE WAR 54 Battle of Mount Gaurus 54 Peace
concluded 54 Reasons for the conclusion of peace 54
340-338. THE LATIN WAR 54 The armies meet near Mount Vesuvius
55 Tale of Torquatus 55 Decisive battle 55 Self-sacrifice of Decius 55
Capture of Latin towns 56 Conclusion of the war 56
329. Conquest of the Volscian town of Privernum 56
Origin of the Second Samnite War 56
327. The Romans attack Palæopolis and Neapolis 56
326-304. SECOND SAMNITE WAR 57 First Period. Roman arms
successful 57 325. Quarrel between L. Papirius Dictator and Q. Fabius,
his master of the horse 57 321-315. Second Period. Success of the
Samnites 57 321. Defeat of the Romans at the Caudine Forks by C.
Pontius 68 Ignominious treaty rejected by the Romans 58 314-304.
Third Period. Success of the Romans 58 311. War with the Etruscans
58 Defeat of the Etruscans 59 Defeat of the Samnites 59 304. Peace
with Rome 59
300. Conquests of Rome in Central Italy 59
Coalition of Etruscans, Umbrians, and Samnites against Rome 59
298-290. THIRD SAMNITE WAR 59 295. Decisive battle of
Sentinum 59 Self-sacrifice of the younger Decius 59 292. C. Pontius
taken prisoner and put to death 59
CHAPTER IX.
FROM THE CONCLUSION OF THE SAMNITE WAR TO THE
SUBJUGATION OF ITALY. B.C. 290-265.

283. War with the Etruscans and Gauls 60
Battle of the Lake Vadimo 60
282. State of Magna Græcia 60
The Romans assist Thurii 60
Their fleet is attacked by the Tarentines 61
Roman embassy to Tarentum 61
281. War declared against the Tarentines 61
They apply for aid to Pyrrhus 61
Pyrrhus arrives in Italy 62
280. His first campaign against the Romans 62
Battle of Heraclea 62
Remarks of Pyrrhus on the victory 62
He attempts to make peace with Rome 62
Failure of his minister Cineas 63
He marches upon Rome and arrives at Præneste 63
Retires into winter quarters at Tarentum 63 Embassy of Fabricius 63
279. Second campaign of Pyrrhus 64
Battle of Asculum 64
278. Treachery of the physician of Pyrrhus 64
Truce with Rome 64

Pyrrhus crosses over into Sicily 64
276. He returns to Italy 64
274. Defeat of Pyrrhus 65
He returns to Greece 65
272. Subjugation of Tarentum 65
Conquest of Italy 65
273. Embassy of Ptolemy Philadelphus to Rome 65
Three classes of Italian population: I. Cives Romani, or Roman
Citizens 66 1. Of the Thirty-three tribes 66 2. Of the Roman Colonies
66 3. Of the Municipal Towns 66 II. Nomen Latinum, or the Latin
name 66 III. Socii, or Allies 66
312. Censorship of Appius Claudius 67
His dangerous innovation as to the