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Klappentext A nineteenth-century book that revolutionised scholarly views on ancient Rome and the understanding of history as an academic discipline. Zusammenfassung This three-volume English translation of Niebuhr's History of Rome (from the second! revised German edition) appeared between 1828 and 1842. At a time when the field was developing rapidly! Niebuhr's book had a lasting impact on its own subject area and the understanding of history as an academic discipline. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Part I. Ancient Italy: 1. The Oenotrians and Pelasgians; 2. The Opicans and Ausonians; 3. The Aborigines and Latins; 4. The Sabines and Sabellians; 5. The Tuscans or Etruscans; 6. The Umbrians; 7. Iapygia; 8. The Greeks in Italy; 9. The Ligurians and Venetians; 10. The Three Islands; 11. Conclusion; Part II. The Preliminary History of Rome: 12. Aeneas and the Trojans in Latium; 13. Alba; Part III. Rome: 14. Various traditions about the origin of the city; 15. Romulus and Numa; 16. Beginning and nature of the earliest history; 17. The era from the foundation of the city; 18. On the secular cycle; 19. The beginning of Rome and its earliest tribes; 20. The patrician houses and the curies; 21. The senate, the interrexes, and the kings; 23. Tullus Hostilius and Ancus; 24. The Lay of L. Tarquinius Priscus and Servius Tullius; 25. Examination of the stories of L. Tarquinius and Servius Tullius; 26. The completion of the city of Rome; 27. The six equestrian centuries; 28. The commanlty and the plebeian tribes; 29. The centuries; 30. L. Tarquinius the tyrant and the banishment of the Tarquins; 31. Commentary on the story of the last Tarquinius; 32. The beginning of the republic and the treaty with Carthage; 33. The war with Porsenna; 34. The period down to the death of Tarquinius; 35. The dictatorship; 36. The commonalty before the secession, and the Nexi; 37. The secession of the commonalty, and the tribunate of the people....
