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Contents:
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
BOOK I.
CHAP. I. OF ROMULUS, THE FIRST KING OF THE ROMANS.
CHAP. II. OF NUMA POMPILIUS.
CHAP. III. OF TULLIUS HOSTILIUS.
CHAP. IV. OF ANCUS MARCIUS.
CHAP. V. OF TARQUINIUS PRISCUS.
CHAP. VI. OF SERVIUS TULLIUS.
CHAP. VII. OF TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS.
CHAP. VIII. A RECAPITULATION OF THE ACTS OF THE SEVEN KINGS.
CHAP. IX. OF THE CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT.
CHAP. X. THE WAR WITH PORSENA.
CHAP. XI. OF THE WAR WITH THE LATINS.
CHAP. XII. THE WARS WITH THE ETRURIANS, FALISCI, AND FIDENATES.
CHAP. XIII. OF THE WAR WITH THE GAULS.
CHAP. XIV. THE LATIN WAR.
CHAP. XV. THE SABINE WAR.
CHAP. XVI. THE SAMNITE WAR.
CHAP. XVII. THE WAR WITH THE ETRURIANS AND THE SAMNITES COMBINED.
CHAP. XVIII. THE WAR WITH THE TARENTINES AND PYRRHUS.
CHAP. XIX. THE PICENIAN WAR.
CHAP. XX. THE SALLENTINE WAR.
CHAP. XXI. THE WAR WITH THE VOLSINI.
CHAP. XXII. OF SEDITIONS.
CHAP. XXIII. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
CHAP. XXIV. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
CHAP. XXV. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
CHAP. XXVI. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
BOOK II.
CHAP. I. INTRODUCTORY.
CHAP. II. THE FIRST PUNIC WAR.
CHAP. III. THE LIGURIAN WAR.
CHAP. IV. THE GALLIC WAR.
CHAP. V. [Continued]
CHAP. VI. THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
CHAP. VII. THE FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR.
CHAP. VIII. THE SYRIAN WAR AGAINST KING ANTIOCHUS.
CHAP. IX. THE AETOLIAN WAR.
CHAP. X. THE ISTRIAN WAR.
CHAP. XI. THE GALLO-GRECIAN WAR.
CHAP. XII. THE SECOND MACEDONIAN WAR.
CHAP. XIII. THE ILLYRIAN WAR.
CHAP. XIV. THE THIRD MACEDONIAN WAR.
CHAP. XV. THE THIRD PUNIC WAR
CHAP. XVI. THE ACHAEAN WAR.
CHAP. XVII. AFFAIRS IN SPAIN.
CHAP. XVIII. THE NUMANTINE WAR.
CHAP. XIX. SUMMARY OF THE ROMAN WARS FOR TWO HUNDRED YEARS.
CHAP. XX. [Continued]
BOOK III.
CHAP. I. THE JUGURTHINE WAR.
CHAP. II. THE WAR WITH THE ALLOBROGES.
CHAP. III. THE WARS WITH THE CIMBRI, TEUTONES, AND TIGURINI.
CHAP. IV. THE THRACIAN WAR.
CHAP. V. THE MITHRIDATIC WAR.
CHAP. VI. THE WAR AGAINST THE PIRATES.
CHAP. VII. THE CRETAN WAR.
CHAP. VIII. THE BALEARIC WAR.
CHAP. IX. THE EXPEDITION TO CYPRUS.
CHAP. X. THE GALLIC WAR.
CHAP. XI. THE PARTHIAN WAR.
CHAP. XII. A RECAPITULATION.
CHAP. XIII. THE SEDITIOUS NATURE OF THE TRIBUNITIAL POWER.
CHAP. XIV. THE SEDITION OF TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
CHAP. XV. THE SEDITION OF CAIUS GRACCHUS.
CHAP. XVI. THE SEDITION OF APULEIUS.
CHAP. XVII. THE SEDITION OF DRUSUS.
CHAP. XVIII. THE WAR WITH THE ALLIES.
CHAP. XIX. THE WAR AGAINST THE SLAVES.
CHAP. XX. THE WAR AGAINST SPARTACUS.
CHAP. XXI. THE CIVIL WAR OF MARIUS AND SYLLA.
CHAP. XXII. THE WAR WITH SERTORIUS.
CHAP. XXIII. THE CIVIL WAR UNDER LEPIDUS.
BOOK IV.
CHAP. I. THE INSURRECTION OF CATILINE.
CHAP. II. THE WAR BETWEEN CAESAR AND POMPEY.
CHAP. III. CAESAR AUGUSTUS.
CHAP. IV. THE CONFLICT AT MUTINA.
CHAP. V. THE SIEGE OF PERUSIA.
CHAP. VI. THE TRIUMVIRATE.
CHAP. VII. THE WAR RAISED BY CASSIUS AND BRUTUS.
CHAP. VIII. THE WAR WITH SEXTUS POMPEY.
CHAP. IX. THE PARTHIAN WAR, UNDER VENTIDIUS.
CHAP. X. THE WAR OF ANTONY WITH THE PARTHIANS.
CHAP. XI. THE WAR WITH ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
CHAP. XII. THE WARS WITH FOREIGN NATIONS.
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An excerpt from the:
AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
The Roman people, during seven hundred years, from the time of king Romulus to that of Caesar Augustus, performed such mighty acts both in peace and war, that if any one compares the greatness of their empire with its years, he will think it out of proportion to its age. So far throughout the world have they extended their arms, that those who read their exploits, learn the fate, not of one people only, but of all mankind. So numerous are the toils and dangers in which they have been exercised, that ability and fortune seem to have concurred in establishing their sway.
As it is of the highest importance, therefore, to learn this history as well as others, but as the vastness of the subject is a hindrance to the knowledge of it, and the variety of topics distracts the faculty of attention, I shall follow the example of those who describe the face of the earth, and shall comprise the whole representation of the matter, as it were, in a small tablet, adding something, as I hope, to the admiration with which this eminent people are regarded, by showing their whole grandeur together and at one view. If any one, then, contemplates the Roman people as he would contemplate a man, and considers its whole age, how it had its origin, how it grew up, how it arrived at a certain vigour of manhood...
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Contents:
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
BOOK I.
CHAP. I. OF ROMULUS, THE FIRST KING OF THE ROMANS.
CHAP. II. OF NUMA POMPILIUS.
CHAP. III. OF TULLIUS HOSTILIUS.
CHAP. IV. OF ANCUS MARCIUS.
CHAP. V. OF TARQUINIUS PRISCUS.
CHAP. VI. OF SERVIUS TULLIUS.
CHAP. VII. OF TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS.
CHAP. VIII. A RECAPITULATION OF THE ACTS OF THE SEVEN KINGS.
CHAP. IX. OF THE CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT.
CHAP. X. THE WAR WITH PORSENA.
CHAP. XI. OF THE WAR WITH THE LATINS.
CHAP. XII. THE WARS WITH THE ETRURIANS, FALISCI, AND FIDENATES.
CHAP. XIII. OF THE WAR WITH THE GAULS.
CHAP. XIV. THE LATIN WAR.
CHAP. XV. THE SABINE WAR.
CHAP. XVI. THE SAMNITE WAR.
CHAP. XVII. THE WAR WITH THE ETRURIANS AND THE SAMNITES COMBINED.
CHAP. XVIII. THE WAR WITH THE TARENTINES AND PYRRHUS.
CHAP. XIX. THE PICENIAN WAR.
CHAP. XX. THE SALLENTINE WAR.
CHAP. XXI. THE WAR WITH THE VOLSINI.
CHAP. XXII. OF SEDITIONS.
CHAP. XXIII. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
CHAP. XXIV. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
CHAP. XXV. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
CHAP. XXVI. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
BOOK II.
CHAP. I. INTRODUCTORY.
CHAP. II. THE FIRST PUNIC WAR.
CHAP. III. THE LIGURIAN WAR.
CHAP. IV. THE GALLIC WAR.
CHAP. V. [Continued]
CHAP. VI. THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
CHAP. VII. THE FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR.
CHAP. VIII. THE SYRIAN WAR AGAINST KING ANTIOCHUS.
CHAP. IX. THE AETOLIAN WAR.
CHAP. X. THE ISTRIAN WAR.
CHAP. XI. THE GALLO-GRECIAN WAR.
CHAP. XII. THE SECOND MACEDONIAN WAR.
CHAP. XIII. THE ILLYRIAN WAR.
CHAP. XIV. THE THIRD MACEDONIAN WAR.
CHAP. XV. THE THIRD PUNIC WAR
CHAP. XVI. THE ACHAEAN WAR.
CHAP. XVII. AFFAIRS IN SPAIN.
CHAP. XVIII. THE NUMANTINE WAR.
CHAP. XIX. SUMMARY OF THE ROMAN WARS FOR TWO HUNDRED YEARS.
CHAP. XX. [Continued]
BOOK III.
CHAP. I. THE JUGURTHINE WAR.
CHAP. II. THE WAR WITH THE ALLOBROGES.
CHAP. III. THE WARS WITH THE CIMBRI, TEUTONES, AND TIGURINI.
CHAP. IV. THE THRACIAN WAR.
CHAP. V. THE MITHRIDATIC WAR.
CHAP. VI. THE WAR AGAINST THE PIRATES.
CHAP. VII. THE CRETAN WAR.
CHAP. VIII. THE BALEARIC WAR.
CHAP. IX. THE EXPEDITION TO CYPRUS.
CHAP. X. THE GALLIC WAR.
CHAP. XI. THE PARTHIAN WAR.
CHAP. XII. A RECAPITULATION.
CHAP. XIII. THE SEDITIOUS NATURE OF THE TRIBUNITIAL POWER.
CHAP. XIV. THE SEDITION OF TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
CHAP. XV. THE SEDITION OF CAIUS GRACCHUS.
CHAP. XVI. THE SEDITION OF APULEIUS.
CHAP. XVII. THE SEDITION OF DRUSUS.
CHAP. XVIII. THE WAR WITH THE ALLIES.
CHAP. XIX. THE WAR AGAINST THE SLAVES.
CHAP. XX. THE WAR AGAINST SPARTACUS.
CHAP. XXI. THE CIVIL WAR OF MARIUS AND SYLLA.
CHAP. XXII. THE WAR WITH SERTORIUS.
CHAP. XXIII. THE CIVIL WAR UNDER LEPIDUS.
BOOK IV.
CHAP. I. THE INSURRECTION OF CATILINE.
CHAP. II. THE WAR BETWEEN CAESAR AND POMPEY.
CHAP. III. CAESAR AUGUSTUS.
CHAP. IV. THE CONFLICT AT MUTINA.
CHAP. V. THE SIEGE OF PERUSIA.
CHAP. VI. THE TRIUMVIRATE.
CHAP. VII. THE WAR RAISED BY CASSIUS AND BRUTUS.
CHAP. VIII. THE WAR WITH SEXTUS POMPEY.
CHAP. IX. THE PARTHIAN WAR, UNDER VENTIDIUS.
CHAP. X. THE WAR OF ANTONY WITH THE PARTHIANS.
CHAP. XI. THE WAR WITH ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
CHAP. XII. THE WARS WITH FOREIGN NATIONS.
***
An excerpt from the:
AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
The Roman people, during seven hundred years, from the time of king Romulus to that of Caesar Augustus, performed such mighty acts both in peace and war, that if any one compares the greatness of their empire with its years, he will think it out of proportion to its age. So far throughout the world have they extended their arms, that those who read their exploits, learn the fate, not of one people only, but of all mankind. So numerous are the toils and dangers in which they have been exercised, that ability and fortune seem to have concurred in establishing their sway.
As it is of the highest importance, therefore, to learn this history as well as others, but as the vastness of the subject is a hindrance to the knowledge of it, and the variety of topics distracts the faculty of attention, I shall follow the example of those who describe the face of the earth, and shall comprise the whole representation of the matter, as it were, in a small tablet, adding something, as I hope, to the admiration with which this eminent people are regarded, by showing their whole grandeur together and at one view. If any one, then, contemplates the Roman people as he would contemplate a man, and considers its whole age, how it had its origin, how it grew up, how it arrived at a certain vigour of manhood...
Epitome of Roman History (Books I – IV, Complete)
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Contents:
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
BOOK I.
CHAP. I. OF ROMULUS, THE FIRST KING OF THE ROMANS.
CHAP. II. OF NUMA POMPILIUS.
CHAP. III. OF TULLIUS HOSTILIUS.
CHAP. IV. OF ANCUS MARCIUS.
CHAP. V. OF TARQUINIUS PRISCUS.
CHAP. VI. OF SERVIUS TULLIUS.
CHAP. VII. OF TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS.
CHAP. VIII. A RECAPITULATION OF THE ACTS OF THE SEVEN KINGS.
CHAP. IX. OF THE CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT.
CHAP. X. THE WAR WITH PORSENA.
CHAP. XI. OF THE WAR WITH THE LATINS.
CHAP. XII. THE WARS WITH THE ETRURIANS, FALISCI, AND FIDENATES.
CHAP. XIII. OF THE WAR WITH THE GAULS.
CHAP. XIV. THE LATIN WAR.
CHAP. XV. THE SABINE WAR.
CHAP. XVI. THE SAMNITE WAR.
CHAP. XVII. THE WAR WITH THE ETRURIANS AND THE SAMNITES COMBINED.
CHAP. XVIII. THE WAR WITH THE TARENTINES AND PYRRHUS.
CHAP. XIX. THE PICENIAN WAR.
CHAP. XX. THE SALLENTINE WAR.
CHAP. XXI. THE WAR WITH THE VOLSINI.
CHAP. XXII. OF SEDITIONS.
CHAP. XXIII. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
CHAP. XXIV. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
CHAP. XXV. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
CHAP. XXVI. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
BOOK II.
CHAP. I. INTRODUCTORY.
CHAP. II. THE FIRST PUNIC WAR.
CHAP. III. THE LIGURIAN WAR.
CHAP. IV. THE GALLIC WAR.
CHAP. V. [Continued]
CHAP. VI. THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
CHAP. VII. THE FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR.
CHAP. VIII. THE SYRIAN WAR AGAINST KING ANTIOCHUS.
CHAP. IX. THE AETOLIAN WAR.
CHAP. X. THE ISTRIAN WAR.
CHAP. XI. THE GALLO-GRECIAN WAR.
CHAP. XII. THE SECOND MACEDONIAN WAR.
CHAP. XIII. THE ILLYRIAN WAR.
CHAP. XIV. THE THIRD MACEDONIAN WAR.
CHAP. XV. THE THIRD PUNIC WAR
CHAP. XVI. THE ACHAEAN WAR.
CHAP. XVII. AFFAIRS IN SPAIN.
CHAP. XVIII. THE NUMANTINE WAR.
CHAP. XIX. SUMMARY OF THE ROMAN WARS FOR TWO HUNDRED YEARS.
CHAP. XX. [Continued]
BOOK III.
CHAP. I. THE JUGURTHINE WAR.
CHAP. II. THE WAR WITH THE ALLOBROGES.
CHAP. III. THE WARS WITH THE CIMBRI, TEUTONES, AND TIGURINI.
CHAP. IV. THE THRACIAN WAR.
CHAP. V. THE MITHRIDATIC WAR.
CHAP. VI. THE WAR AGAINST THE PIRATES.
CHAP. VII. THE CRETAN WAR.
CHAP. VIII. THE BALEARIC WAR.
CHAP. IX. THE EXPEDITION TO CYPRUS.
CHAP. X. THE GALLIC WAR.
CHAP. XI. THE PARTHIAN WAR.
CHAP. XII. A RECAPITULATION.
CHAP. XIII. THE SEDITIOUS NATURE OF THE TRIBUNITIAL POWER.
CHAP. XIV. THE SEDITION OF TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
CHAP. XV. THE SEDITION OF CAIUS GRACCHUS.
CHAP. XVI. THE SEDITION OF APULEIUS.
CHAP. XVII. THE SEDITION OF DRUSUS.
CHAP. XVIII. THE WAR WITH THE ALLIES.
CHAP. XIX. THE WAR AGAINST THE SLAVES.
CHAP. XX. THE WAR AGAINST SPARTACUS.
CHAP. XXI. THE CIVIL WAR OF MARIUS AND SYLLA.
CHAP. XXII. THE WAR WITH SERTORIUS.
CHAP. XXIII. THE CIVIL WAR UNDER LEPIDUS.
BOOK IV.
CHAP. I. THE INSURRECTION OF CATILINE.
CHAP. II. THE WAR BETWEEN CAESAR AND POMPEY.
CHAP. III. CAESAR AUGUSTUS.
CHAP. IV. THE CONFLICT AT MUTINA.
CHAP. V. THE SIEGE OF PERUSIA.
CHAP. VI. THE TRIUMVIRATE.
CHAP. VII. THE WAR RAISED BY CASSIUS AND BRUTUS.
CHAP. VIII. THE WAR WITH SEXTUS POMPEY.
CHAP. IX. THE PARTHIAN WAR, UNDER VENTIDIUS.
CHAP. X. THE WAR OF ANTONY WITH THE PARTHIANS.
CHAP. XI. THE WAR WITH ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
CHAP. XII. THE WARS WITH FOREIGN NATIONS.
***
An excerpt from the:
AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
The Roman people, during seven hundred years, from the time of king Romulus to that of Caesar Augustus, performed such mighty acts both in peace and war, that if any one compares the greatness of their empire with its years, he will think it out of proportion to its age. So far throughout the world have they extended their arms, that those who read their exploits, learn the fate, not of one people only, but of all mankind. So numerous are the toils and dangers in which they have been exercised, that ability and fortune seem to have concurred in establishing their sway.
As it is of the highest importance, therefore, to learn this history as well as others, but as the vastness of the subject is a hindrance to the knowledge of it, and the variety of topics distracts the faculty of attention, I shall follow the example of those who describe the face of the earth, and shall comprise the whole representation of the matter, as it were, in a small tablet, adding something, as I hope, to the admiration with which this eminent people are regarded, by showing their whole grandeur together and at one view. If any one, then, contemplates the Roman people as he would contemplate a man, and considers its whole age, how it had its origin, how it grew up, how it arrived at a certain vigour of manhood...
***
Contents:
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
BOOK I.
CHAP. I. OF ROMULUS, THE FIRST KING OF THE ROMANS.
CHAP. II. OF NUMA POMPILIUS.
CHAP. III. OF TULLIUS HOSTILIUS.
CHAP. IV. OF ANCUS MARCIUS.
CHAP. V. OF TARQUINIUS PRISCUS.
CHAP. VI. OF SERVIUS TULLIUS.
CHAP. VII. OF TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS.
CHAP. VIII. A RECAPITULATION OF THE ACTS OF THE SEVEN KINGS.
CHAP. IX. OF THE CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT.
CHAP. X. THE WAR WITH PORSENA.
CHAP. XI. OF THE WAR WITH THE LATINS.
CHAP. XII. THE WARS WITH THE ETRURIANS, FALISCI, AND FIDENATES.
CHAP. XIII. OF THE WAR WITH THE GAULS.
CHAP. XIV. THE LATIN WAR.
CHAP. XV. THE SABINE WAR.
CHAP. XVI. THE SAMNITE WAR.
CHAP. XVII. THE WAR WITH THE ETRURIANS AND THE SAMNITES COMBINED.
CHAP. XVIII. THE WAR WITH THE TARENTINES AND PYRRHUS.
CHAP. XIX. THE PICENIAN WAR.
CHAP. XX. THE SALLENTINE WAR.
CHAP. XXI. THE WAR WITH THE VOLSINI.
CHAP. XXII. OF SEDITIONS.
CHAP. XXIII. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
CHAP. XXIV. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
CHAP. XXV. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
CHAP. XXVI. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
BOOK II.
CHAP. I. INTRODUCTORY.
CHAP. II. THE FIRST PUNIC WAR.
CHAP. III. THE LIGURIAN WAR.
CHAP. IV. THE GALLIC WAR.
CHAP. V. [Continued]
CHAP. VI. THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
CHAP. VII. THE FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR.
CHAP. VIII. THE SYRIAN WAR AGAINST KING ANTIOCHUS.
CHAP. IX. THE AETOLIAN WAR.
CHAP. X. THE ISTRIAN WAR.
CHAP. XI. THE GALLO-GRECIAN WAR.
CHAP. XII. THE SECOND MACEDONIAN WAR.
CHAP. XIII. THE ILLYRIAN WAR.
CHAP. XIV. THE THIRD MACEDONIAN WAR.
CHAP. XV. THE THIRD PUNIC WAR
CHAP. XVI. THE ACHAEAN WAR.
CHAP. XVII. AFFAIRS IN SPAIN.
CHAP. XVIII. THE NUMANTINE WAR.
CHAP. XIX. SUMMARY OF THE ROMAN WARS FOR TWO HUNDRED YEARS.
CHAP. XX. [Continued]
BOOK III.
CHAP. I. THE JUGURTHINE WAR.
CHAP. II. THE WAR WITH THE ALLOBROGES.
CHAP. III. THE WARS WITH THE CIMBRI, TEUTONES, AND TIGURINI.
CHAP. IV. THE THRACIAN WAR.
CHAP. V. THE MITHRIDATIC WAR.
CHAP. VI. THE WAR AGAINST THE PIRATES.
CHAP. VII. THE CRETAN WAR.
CHAP. VIII. THE BALEARIC WAR.
CHAP. IX. THE EXPEDITION TO CYPRUS.
CHAP. X. THE GALLIC WAR.
CHAP. XI. THE PARTHIAN WAR.
CHAP. XII. A RECAPITULATION.
CHAP. XIII. THE SEDITIOUS NATURE OF THE TRIBUNITIAL POWER.
CHAP. XIV. THE SEDITION OF TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
CHAP. XV. THE SEDITION OF CAIUS GRACCHUS.
CHAP. XVI. THE SEDITION OF APULEIUS.
CHAP. XVII. THE SEDITION OF DRUSUS.
CHAP. XVIII. THE WAR WITH THE ALLIES.
CHAP. XIX. THE WAR AGAINST THE SLAVES.
CHAP. XX. THE WAR AGAINST SPARTACUS.
CHAP. XXI. THE CIVIL WAR OF MARIUS AND SYLLA.
CHAP. XXII. THE WAR WITH SERTORIUS.
CHAP. XXIII. THE CIVIL WAR UNDER LEPIDUS.
BOOK IV.
CHAP. I. THE INSURRECTION OF CATILINE.
CHAP. II. THE WAR BETWEEN CAESAR AND POMPEY.
CHAP. III. CAESAR AUGUSTUS.
CHAP. IV. THE CONFLICT AT MUTINA.
CHAP. V. THE SIEGE OF PERUSIA.
CHAP. VI. THE TRIUMVIRATE.
CHAP. VII. THE WAR RAISED BY CASSIUS AND BRUTUS.
CHAP. VIII. THE WAR WITH SEXTUS POMPEY.
CHAP. IX. THE PARTHIAN WAR, UNDER VENTIDIUS.
CHAP. X. THE WAR OF ANTONY WITH THE PARTHIANS.
CHAP. XI. THE WAR WITH ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
CHAP. XII. THE WARS WITH FOREIGN NATIONS.
***
An excerpt from the:
AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
The Roman people, during seven hundred years, from the time of king Romulus to that of Caesar Augustus, performed such mighty acts both in peace and war, that if any one compares the greatness of their empire with its years, he will think it out of proportion to its age. So far throughout the world have they extended their arms, that those who read their exploits, learn the fate, not of one people only, but of all mankind. So numerous are the toils and dangers in which they have been exercised, that ability and fortune seem to have concurred in establishing their sway.
As it is of the highest importance, therefore, to learn this history as well as others, but as the vastness of the subject is a hindrance to the knowledge of it, and the variety of topics distracts the faculty of attention, I shall follow the example of those who describe the face of the earth, and shall comprise the whole representation of the matter, as it were, in a small tablet, adding something, as I hope, to the admiration with which this eminent people are regarded, by showing their whole grandeur together and at one view. If any one, then, contemplates the Roman people as he would contemplate a man, and considers its whole age, how it had its origin, how it grew up, how it arrived at a certain vigour of manhood...
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