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death of Servius Tullius to the banishment of Tarquinius Superbus
IX. From the banishment of Tarquinius Superbus to the appointment of the first Dictator
X. From the Creation of the Dictator to the election of the Tribunes
XI. From the Creation of the Tribunes to the appointment of the Decemviri, viz.
Section 1.--The great Volscian war
---- 2.--Civil commotions on account of the Agrarian law
XII. From the creation of the Decemviri to the destruction of the city by the Gauls, viz.
Section 1.--Tyranny of the Decemviri
---- 2.--Crimes of Appius--Revolt of the army
---- 3.--Election of Military Tribunes--Creation of the Censorship
---- 4.--Siege and capture of Veii--Invasion of the Gauls
---- 5.--Deliverance of Rome from the Gauls
XIII. From the wars with the Samnites to the First Punic war, viz.
Section 1.--The Latin war
---- 2.--Invasion of Italy by Pyrrhus, king of Epirus
---- 3.--Defeat and departure of Pyrrhus
XIV. From the beginning of the First Punic war to the beginning of the Second, viz.
Section 1.--Causes and commencement of the war--Invasion of Africa by Regulus
---- 2.--Death of Regulus--Final Triumph of the Romans
XV. The Second Punic war, viz.
Section 1.--Commencement of the war--Hannibal's invasion of Italy
---- 2.--Victorious career of Hannibal
---- 3.--Retrieval of the Roman affairs--Invasion of Africa by Scipio--Conclusion of the war
XVI. Macedonian, Syrian, Third Punic, and Spanish wars
XVII. From the Destruction of Carthage to the end of the Sedition of the Gracchi, viz.
Section 1.--Murder of Tiberius Gracchus
---- 2.--Slaughter of Caius Gracchus and his adherents
XVIII. From the Sedition of Gracchus to the perpetual Dictatorship of Sylla, viz.
Section 1.--The Jugurthine and Social wars
---- 2.--The cruel massacres perpetrated by Marius and Sylla
XIX. From the perpetual Dictatorship of Sylla to the first Triumvirate
XX. From the First Triumvirate to the death of Pompey, viz.
Section 1.--C?sar's wars in Gaul--Commencement of the Civil war
---- 2.--C?sar's victorious career
---- 3.--The campaign in Thessaly and Epirus
---- 4.--The battle of Pharsalia----5.--Death of Pompey
XXI. From the Destruction of the Commonwealth to the establishment of the first Emperor, Augustus, viz.
Section 1.--C?sar's Egyptian campaign
---- 2.--The African campaign
---- 3.--Death of C?sar
---- 4.--The Second Triumvirate
---- 5.--The Battle of Philippi
---- 6.--Dissensions of Antony and Augustus
---- 7.--The Battle of Actium
---- 8.--The Conquest of Egypt
XXII. From the accession of Augustus to the death of Domitian, viz.
Section 1.--The beneficent Administration of Augustus
---- 2.--Death of Augustus
---- 3.--The reign of Tiberius--Death of Germanicus
---- 4.--Death of Sejanus and Tiberius--Accession of Caligula
---- 5.--Extravagant cruelties of Caligula--His death
---- 6.--The Reign of Claudius
---- 7.--The reign of Nero
---- 8.--Death of Nero--Reigns of Galba and Otho
---- 9.--The reigns of Vitellius and Vespasian--The siege of Jerusalem by Titus
---- 10.--The Reigns of Titus and Domitian
---- 11.--The assassination of Domitian
XXIII. The Five good emperors of Rome, viz.
Section 1.--The Reigns of Nerva and Trajan
---- 2.--The Reign of Adrian
---- 3.--The Reign of Antoninus Pius
---- 4.--The reign of Marcus Aurelius
XXIV. From the accession of Commodus to the change of the seat of Government, from Rome to Constantinople, viz.
Section 1.--The Reigns of Commodus, Pertinax, and Didius
---- 2.--The Reigns of Severus, Caracalla, Maximus, and Heliogabalus
---- 3.--The reigns of Alexander, Maximin, and Gordian
---- 4.--The Reigns of Philip, Decius, Gallus, Valerian, Claudius, Aurelian, Tacitus, and Probus
---- 5.--The reigns of Carus, Carinus, Dioclesian, and Constantius--Accession of Constantine
---- 6.--The reign of Constantine XXV.
XXV. From the death of Constantine, to the reunion of the Roman empire under Theodosius the Great, viz.
Section 1.--The Reign of Constantius
---- 2.--The Reigns of Julian Jovian, the Valentinians, and Theodosius
XXVI. From the death of Theodosius to the subversion of the Western Empire, viz.
Section 1.--The division of the Roman dominions into the Eastern and Western empires
---- 2.--Decline and fall of the Western empire
XXVII. Historical notices of the different barbarous tribes that aided in overthrowing the Roman empire
XXVIII. The progress of Christianity
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HISTORY OF ROME

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INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I.
GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE OF ITALY.
Italia! oh, Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals traced in characters of flame.--Byron.
1. The outline of Italy presents a geographical unity and completeness which naturally would lead us to believe that it was regarded as a whole, and named as a single country, from the earliest ages. This opinion would, however, be erroneous; while the country was possessed by various independent tribes of varied origin and different customs, the districts inhabited by each were reckoned separate states, and it was not until these several nations had fallen under the power of one predominant people that the physical unity which the peninsula possesses was expressed by a single name. Italy was the name originally given to a small peninsula in Brut'tium, between the Scylacean and Napetine gulfs; the name was gradually made to comprehend new districts, until at length it included the entire country lying south of the Alps, between the Adriatic and Tuscan seas. 2. The names Hesp��ria, Sat��rnia, and Oenot'ria have also been given to this country by the poets; but these designations are