A History of Rome Down to the Reign of Constantine

, by Cary, M.; Scullard, H. H.

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Copyright: 1/15/1976

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A classic survey of Roman history, art, economic life, and religion through Constantine's rise to power.

Preface to the Third Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

vii

List of Illustrations

xxiii

List of Maps

xxvii

PART I PRE-ROMAN ITALY

The Geographical Environment of Roman History

The Mediterranean Area

(1)

Italy

(3)

The Early Inhabitants of Italy

Stone Age Man

(1)

Bronze Age Man

(1)

The Iron Age and the `Villanovans'

(4)

The Peoples and Tongues of Italy

(3)

Greeks and Etruscans in Early Italy

The Greeks

(2)

Who were the Etruscans?

(3)

Etruscan Civilisation

(5)

Etruscan Expansion

(5)

PART II THE ROMAN CONQUEST OF ITALY

Latium and Rome

The Geography of Latium

(1)

The Early History of Latium

(3)

Rome. The Site of the City

(1)

The Origins of Rome. The Traditional Story

(2)

The Origins of Rome. From Village to City

(4)

Rome in the Period of the Kings

The Kings and Tradition

(1)

The City

(5)

Economic Conditions under the Kings

(1)

Early Roman Religion

(1)

Social and Political Groupings

(1)

The Monarchy

(2)

Military and Political Developments

(2)

Rome and her Neighbours

(1)

The End of Etruscan Rome

(2)

The Sources for Early Roman History

Documentary Records

(3)

Oral Tradition

(1)

Literary Sources

(2)

The Conflict of the Orders. The First Stage

The First Republican Constitution

(1)

Economic Conditions

(1)

The Plebeian Counter-organisation

(2)

The Twelve Tables

(2)

Plebeian Advances

(2)

The Early Wars of the Republic

Rome and Latium

(1)

Sabines, Aequi and Volsci

(1)

The Conquest of Veii

(1)

The Siege of Rome by the Gauls

(3)

The Conflict of the Orders. The Second Stage

New Discontents after the Gallic War

(1)

Economic Legislation

(1)

Plebeian Victories

(1)

The Patricio-Plebeian Nobility

(1)

The Resultant Constitution

(4)

Conclusion

(1)

The Latin, Samnite and Pyrrhic Wars

The Establishment of Roman Ascendancy in Central Italy

(3)

The Oscan-speaking Sabellians

(1)

The First Samnite War and the Great Latin War

(2)

The Second Samnite War

(2)

The Third Samnite War

(2)

The War with Tarentum and Pyrrhus

(3)

The Roman State in the Third Century B.C.

The Roman Constitution. Apparent Defects

(1)

The Working of the Constitution

(2)

The Roman Conquest of Italy

(4)

The Political Organisation of Italy

103

(3)

Economic Conditions in Rome and Italy

106

(1)

Architecture and Art

107

(1)

Social and Religious Life

108

(2)

Early Roman Literature

110

(3)

PART III THE CONQUEST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

The First Punic War and the Conquest of North Italy

Sources of Information

113

(1)

The Carthaginian State

113

(3)

The Affair of Messana

116

(1)

The Growth of Roman War Aims

117

(1)

The Invasion of Africa

118

(1)

Later Operations in Sicily

119

(2)

The First Punic War. Conclusion

121

(1)

The Seizure of Sardinia and Corsica

121

(1)

The Last Gallic Invasion

121

(2)

The Illyrian Wars

123

(1)

The Second Punic War

The Carthaginian Conquests in Spain

124

(1)

The Affair of Saguntum

125

(2)

Hannibal's Invasion of Italy. Cannae

127

(2)

The Roman Effort after Cannae

129

(1)

Sequel of the War in Italy

130

(1)

The War in Greece and Sicily

131

(2)

The Scipios in Spain

133

(2)

The War in Africa

135

(2)

Conclusion

137

(1)

The Conquest of the Western Mediterranean

Rome's Expanding Dominance

138

(1)

The Final Reduction of Cisalpine Gaul

139

(1)

The Ligurian Wars

140

(1)

The Spanish Wars, 197--179 B.C.

141

(2)

The Spanish Wars, 154--133 B.C.

143

(4)

Rome, Carthage and Numidia

147

(1)

The Third Punic War

148

(2)

The Macedonian Wars

Early Contacts between Rome and Greece

150

(1)

The First Macedonian War

151

(1)

The Overtures of Pergamum and Rhodes to Rome

151

(3)

The Second Macedonian War

154

(2)

Antiochus III and the Aetolians

156

(1)

The Third Macedonian War

157

(2)

The Fourth Macedonian War

159

(1)

Rome and the Greek Homeland

160

(1)

The Roman Wars in Asia in the Second Century

The Origins of the War against Antiochus

161

(2)

The First Roman Campaign in Asia

163

(1)

The First Roman Settlement of Asia

164

(1)

The Romans in Asia Minor down to 129 B.C.

165

(1)

Relations with Syria and Egypt

166

(3)

The Government of the Roman Provinces

The Client States and Kings

169

(2)

The Status of the Provincial Communities

171

(1)

The Provincial Governors

172

(1)

Conscription and Taxation in the Provinces

172

(2)

The Defects of Roman Rule in the Provinces

174

(1)

Attempts at Reform

175

(2)

Domestic Politics in the Second Century

The Popular Assemblies

177

(2)

The New Nobility

179

(1)

Political Groups at Rome

180

(1)

The Executive

181

(1)

Reforms in the Judicial System

181

(1)

Financial Administration

182

(1)

The City of Rome

183

(1)

Italy

183

(1)

Foreign Affairs. The Army

184

(2)

Roman Society in the Second Century

Agriculture

186

(1)

Slave Labour on the Land

187

(1)

Industry and Commerce

188

(2)

Roman Private Life

190

(2)

The City of Rome

192

(2)

Roman and Italian Art

194

(1)

Early Latin Poetry

194

(2)

Early Prose Literature

196

(1)

Science and Philosophy

197

(1)

Religion

198

(5)

PART IV THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC

Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

Tiberius Gracchus. His Political Aims

203

(1)

The Gracchan Land Law

204

(1)

The First Senatorial Reaction

205

(1)

The First Italian Franchise Bill

206

(1)

The Social Reforms of Gaius Gracchus

207

(1)

The Political Legislation of Gaius Gracchus

207

(2)

The Second Senatorial Reaction

209

(1)

The Conquest of Narbonese Gaul

210

(2)

Marius and the New Roman Army

The Restored Senatorial Government

212

(1)

Affairs in the Eastern Mediterranean

213

(1)

The War against Jugurtha. The First Phase

214

(1)

The War against Jugurtha. Metellus and Marius

215

(2)

The Invasion of the Northmen

217

(2)

Saturninus and Marius's Sixth Consulship

219

(3)

The Italian Wars, 91--83 B.C.

The Tribunate of Livius Drusus

222

(1)

The Rebel Italian Confederacy

223

(2)

The Italian War

225

(1)

The Tribunate of Sulpicius Rufus

226

(1)

The Capture of Rome by Sulla and by Cinna

227

(1)

The Rule of Cinna

228

(2)

The Temporary Monarchy of Cornelius Sulla

Events in Asia Minor to 88 B.C.

230

(1)

The First Mithridatic War

231

(2)

The Homecoming of Sulla

233

(1)

Sulla's Settlement. The Proscriptions

234

(1)

Sulla's Constitutional Legislation

235

(2)

Sulla's Place in Roman History

237

(2)

The Fall of the Restoration Government

Prospects for the Seventies

239

(1)

The Rebellion of Lepidus and its Aftermath

240

(1)

The War against Q. Sertorius

241

(1)

The Slave War in Italy

242

(1)

Pompey's Coup d'Etat

242

(2)

Crassus, Caesar and Catiline

244

(2)

The Conspiracy of Catiline

246

(1)

The Concordia Ordinum of Cicero

247

(1)

The First Triumvirate and Caesar's First Consulate

248

(2)

The Wars of Lucullus, Pompey and Crassus

The Campaigns against the Pirates

250

(1)

Lucullus's Conquests in Asia Minor

251

(1)

The Campaigns of Lucullus in Armenia

252

(2)

Pompey's Settlement of the East

254

(1)

The Campaign of Crassus against the Parthians

255

(3)

Caesar's Conquest of Gaul, and the Breakdown of the First Triumvirate

Gaul and its People

258

(3)

Caesar's Advance to the Rhine and the Channel

261

(1)

Caesar's Forays into Germany and Britain

262

(1)

The Final Reduction of Gaul

263

(2)

The First Crisis in the Triumvirate

265

(1)

The Conference of Luca and the Dictatorship of Pompey

266

(1)

The Second Crisis in the Triumvirate

267

(3)

The Rise of Caesar to Supreme Power

The Campaigns of 49 B.C.

270

(1)

Dyrrhachium and Pharsalus

271

(2)

The `Bellum Alexandrinum'

273

(2)

Thapsus and Munda

275

(1)

Caesar's Measures of Reconstruction

276

(2)

Caesar's Foreign Policy. Miscellaneous Reforms

278

(1)

Caesar's Constitutional Position

279

(2)

Caesar's Personality and Achievements

281

(2)

The Second Triumvirate

The Interim Administration of Antony

283

(1)

The Philippics of Cicero and the War of Mutina

284

(2)

Octavian's Coup d'Etat and Pact with Antony

286

(2)

The Proscriptions and the Campaign of Philippi

288

(2)

The Wars of Perusia and Brundisium

290

(2)

Octavian's War against Sextus Pompeius

292

(2)

Antony in the East

294

(1)

The War of Actium

295

(3)

Review of the Second Triumvirate

298

(1)

Roman Society in the First Century

Changes in Roman Agriculture

299

(1)

Manufactures and Trade

300

(2)

Standards of Living

302

(1)

Social Life

303

(1)

Architecture and Art

304

(4)

Latin Literature. Poetry

308

(1)

Latin Prose Writers

309

(2)

Science and Philosophy

311

(1)

Religion

311

(4)

PART V CONSOLIDATION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

The Settlement of Augustus. Rome and Italy

The First Settlement, 29--23 B.C.

315

(4)

Augustus's Second Settlement

319

(2)

The New Executive

321

(1)

The City of Rome

322

(5)

Italy

327

(1)

Social Legislation

328

(1)

The Ludi Saeculares

329

(2)

The Roman Empire Under Augustus

The Roman Frontiers

331

(1)

Africa and the Red Sea

331

(2)

Asia Minor and the Euphrates

333

(1)

Western Europe

334

(2)

The Danube Lands

336

(2)

Military Reforms

338

(1)

The Provinces

339

(3)

Financial Administration

342

(1)

The Succession

343

(1)

Summary of Augustus's Principate

344

(3)

Conclusion

347

(4)

The Julio-Claudian Emperors. Internal Affairs

Tiberius (A.D. 14--37)

351

(3)

Caligula (37--41)

354

(1)

Claudius (41--54)

355

(2)

Nero (54--68)

357

(3)

Constitutional Developments

360

(2)

Finance

362

(1)

Rome and Italy

363

(3)

The Roman Empire Under the Julio-Claudian Dynasty

Africa

366

(1)

Judaea

367

(1)

Armenia and Parthia

368

(2)

The Danube Lands

370

(1)

Germany

370

(1)

The Conquest of Britain

371

(3)

The Provinces

374

(1)

Conclusion

375

(2)

Roman Society Under the Early Roman Empire

Agriculture

377

(2)

Industry and Trade

379

(3)

Urban Life

382

(3)

Architecture and Art

385

(8)

Literature. General Conditions

393

(1)

Latin Poetry

394

(1)

Latin Prose

395

(2)

Religion

397

(5)

The `Year of the Four Emperors'

The Revolt against Nero

402

(1)

Galba

403

(2)

Otho

405

(1)

Vitellius

406

(2)

Conclusion

408

(1)

The Flavian Emperors

Personalities

409

(1)

Constitutional Changes

410

(2)

General Administration

412

(3)

The Jewish War

415

(3)

The Revolt of Civilis and Classicus

418

(2)

Further Conquest in Britain

420

(1)

The Rhine and Danube Frontiers

421

(1)

The East

422

(1)

The Provinces

423

(1)

The `Opposition' to the Flavian Emperors

423

(2)

The `Five Good Emperors'. General Administration

Personalities

425

(2)

Constitutional Changes

427

(2)

Municipal Government

429

(1)

Imperial Finance

430

(2)

The Provinces

432

(2)

The `Five Good Emperors'. External Affairs

Foreign Policy

434

(1)

Africa

435

(3)

Armenia and Parthia

438

(1)

Judaea

439

(2)

Dacia

441

(2)

The Marcomannic Wars

443

(1)

Britain

444

(4)

The Roman Army

448

(1)

Conclusion

449

(2)

Roman Society From A.D. 70 to 180

Agriculture

451

(2)

Industry and Trade

453

(5)

The Growth of Cities

458

(1)

Architecture

459

(17)

Art

476

(2)

Social Life

478

(1)

The Spread of Latin and Greek

479

(2)

Latin Poetry

481

(1)

Latin Prose

481

(1)

Philosophy and Religion

482

(2)

The Spread of Christianity

484

(2)

The Opposition to Christianity

486

(2)

Conclusion

488

(1)

Commodus and the Severi

The Reign of Commodus (180--192)

489

(1)

The Civil Wars of 193--197

490

(2)

The Military Policy of Septimius Severus

492

(1)

The Internal Reforms of Septimius Severus

493

(3)

Caracalla (211--217)

496

(2)

Severus Alexander (222--235)

498

(1)

The Severan Age

499

(8)

PART VI THE DECLINE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

The Crisis of the Empire in the Third Century

Military Anarchy in Permanence

507

(2)

The Empire Invaded

509

(3)

The Frontiers Restored

512

(5)

Diocletian and Constantine

Diocletian and the Tetrarchy

517

(3)

The Rise of Constantine

520

(3)

Constantine and Licinius

523

(1)

The Transition to Absolute Monarchy

524

(2)

The Emperors and their Executive

526

(4)

Financial Reforms

530

(2)

Compulsory Service

532

(1)

Defence and Army Reform

533

(2)

Conclusion

535

(1)

Economic, Cultural and Religious Developments

Economic Conditions

536

(2)

Architecture and Art

538

(4)

Social Life

542

(1)

Education and Letters

543

(1)

Latin and Greek Literature

543

(2)

Religions

545

(1)

Christianity, Persecuted and Triumphant

546

(4)

The Roman Empire. Retrospect and Prospect

The End of the Empire in the West

550

(1)

Decline and Fall

551

(1)

Physical Causes of the Decline

552

(1)

Social and Political Causes of the Decline

553

(3)

Survivals of the Roman Empire

556

(3)

Chronological Table

559

(12)

List of Emperors

571

(4)

Genealogical Tables

1. Some Cornelii, Aemilii, and Sempronii Gracchi

572

(1)

2. Some Metelli, Claudii, etc.

573

(1)

3. The Julio-Claudian dynasty

574

(1)

Brief List of Books

575

(1)

List of Abbreviations

576

(1)

Notes and References

577

(82)

Glossary

659

(8)

Index

667

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