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Excerpt from Universal History, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Creation of the World to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century Rm: Hisroav continued - vvar with the Samnites - Devotion of Decius Disgrace of the Caudine Forks - Popular pretensions increase - The Plebeians admitted to the Priesthood - War with Pyrrhus, King of Epirus - Ilis Defeat - Conquest of all Italy by the Romans - Incorporation of the conquered Na tions - Manner in which the Rights of Citizenship were extended.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.