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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; 1. The Licinian rogations; 2. The new curule dignities of the year 384; 3. Internal history down to the complete establishment of the plebeian consulship; On the uncial rate of interest; 4. History of the wars from 384 to 406; 5. Rome in alliance with Latium; 6. The earliest constitution of the manipular legion; 7. The first Samnite War; 8. The Latin War; 9. The laws of the dictator Q. Publilius; 10. Internal history down to the Caudine Peace; 11. Alexander of Epirus; 12. Foreign relations down to the second Samnite War; 13. The second Samnite War; 14. Relations between Rome and the nations bordering on Samnium after the Peace; 15. The Etruscan Wars down to the beginning of the third Samnite War; 16. Internal history from the Caudine Peace down to the third Samnite War; 17. Cn. Flavius; 18. The censorship of Q. Fabius and P. Decius; 19. The Ogulnian Law; 20. Various occurrences of the same period; 21. The third Samnite War and the others of the same period; 22. Internal history from the beginning of the second Samnite War down to the Lucanian; 23. Miscellaneous occurrence of the same period; 24. The Etruscan and Gallic War; 25. The Lucanian, Bruttian, fourth Samnite, and Tarentine Wars; 26. Epirus and Pyrrhus; 27. The Roman and Macedonian tactics; 28. The War with Pyrrhus; 29. Entire subjugation of Italy, and the political rights of the Italian allies; 30. Internal history and miscellaneous occurrences of the period from the Lucanian down to the first Punic War; 31. The first Punic War; Index....
