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History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD
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41 Chapters
Chapter 1 GEOGRAPHY OF ITALY.
Chapter 2 THE EARLY INHABITANTS OF ITALY.
Chapter 3 THE ROMANS AND THEIR EARLY GOVERNMENT.
Chapter 4 THE EARLY GROWTH AND INTERNAL HISTORY OF ROME.
Chapter 5 THE DYNASTY OF THE TARQUINS.
Chapter 6 THE CONSULS AND TRIBUNES.
Chapter 7 THE COMITIA TRIBUTA AND THE AGRARIAN LAWS.
Chapter 8 THE CONTEST OF THE PLEBEIANS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.
Chapter 9 EXTERNAL HISTORY.
Chapter 10 WARS WITH PYRRHUS (281-272).
Chapter 11 DIVISIONS OF THE ROMAN TERRITORY.-NOTED MEN OF THE PERIOD.
Chapter 12 FOREIGN CONQUEST.
Chapter 13 ROME AND CARTHAGE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND PUNIC WARS
Chapter 14 THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.-FROM THE PASSAGE OF THE PYRENEES TO THE BATTLE OF CANNAE. (218-216.)
Chapter 15 THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.-FROM CANNAE TO THE BATTLE OF ZAMA
Chapter 16 ROME IN THE EAST.
Chapter 17 THE SYRIAN WAR.
Chapter 18 CONQUEST OF MACEDONIA AND GREECE. (171-146.)
Chapter 19 THE THIRD PUNIC WAR, AND FALL OF CARTHAGE.
Chapter 20 ROME AND SPAIN.-THE NUMANTINE AND SERVILE WARS. (206-132.)
Chapter 21 INTERNAL HISTORY.-THE GRACCHI.
Chapter 22 EXTERNAL HISTORY.-PERGAMUM.-JUGURTHINE WAR (118-104).
Chapter 23 THE CIMBRI AND TEUTONES.-POLITICAL QUARRELS.
Chapter 24 INTERNAL HISTORY.-THE SOCIAL WAR (90-88).
Chapter 25 MARIUS AND SULLA.-CINNA.
Chapter 26 SERTORIUS.-SPARTACUS.-LUCULLUS.-POMPEY AND CRASSUS.
Chapter 27 CAESAR.-CICERO.-VERRES.
Chapter 28 TROUBLES AT ROME.-CONSPIRACY OF CATILINE.
Chapter 29 THE FIRST TRIUMVIRATE.
Chapter 30 CAESAR'S CAMPAIGNS IN GAUL.
Chapter 31 CLODIUS AND MILO.-DEATH OF CRASSUS.
Chapter 32 CAESAR'S STRUGGLE WITH POMPEY.-BATTLE OF PHARSALIA.
Chapter 33 CAESAR'S OPERATIONS IN EGYPT, ASIA, AFRICA, AND SPAIN.
Chapter 34 MURDER OF CAESAR.
Chapter 35 THE SECOND TRIUMVIRATE.-PHILIPPI AND ACTIUM.
Chapter 36 AUGUSTUS (30 B.C.-14 A.D.)
Chapter 37 THE AUGUSTAN AGE.
Chapter 38 THE JULIAN AND CLAUDIAN EMPERORS.
Chapter 39 THE FLAVIAN EMPERORS.
Chapter 40 THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS.
Chapter 41 PERIOD OF MILITARY DESPOTISM.-DECLINE OF THE EMPIRE.
Chapter 42 INVASIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BARBARIANS.
Chapter 43 ROMAN LITERATURE.
Chapter 44 ROMAN ROADS.-PROVINCES.
Chapter 45 No.45
Chapter 46 HOUSES, CUSTOMS, INSTITUTIONS, ETC.
Chapter 47 PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SQUARES, ETC.
Chapter 48 COLONIES.-THE CALENDAR.-RELIGION.
Chapter 49 THE ROMAN ARMY IN CAESAR'S TIME.
Chapter 50 LEGENDARY ROME.
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Chapter 41 PERIOD OF MILITARY DESPOTISM.-DECLINE OF THE EMPIRE.

COMMODUS (180-192).

On the death of Aurelius, his son, Commodus, hastened to Rome, and was received by both the Senate and army without opposition. His character was the opposite of that of his good father. In ferocity and vindictiveness he was almost unequalled, even among the Emperors of unhappy Rome. By means of informers, who were well paid,

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