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This is a short history of Rome, from the earliest times to the establishment of the empire, by William Smith, with a continuation to A.D. 479. by Eugene Lawrence.Contents:The Geography of ItalyThe First Four Kings of RomeThe Last Three Kings of RomeThe Patricians and PlebiansThe DecemvirateThe Capture of RomeThe Union of the Two OrdersThe Conquests of the Samnites and LatinsThe Subjugation of ItalyThe First Punic WarCarthage on the BrinkThe Second Punic War: Part IThe Second Punic War: Part IIThe Second Punic War: Part IIIThe Wars in the EastThe Wars in the WestThe Roman Constitution and ArmyBetween the Macedonian and Syrian WarsThe Third WarsThe Spanish WarsThe GracchiJugurtha and His TimesThe Cimbri and TeutonesMariusThe Social WarThe First Civil WarThe First Mithridatic WarSulla's DictatorshipThe Death of SullaThe Third Mithridatic WarPompeyCiceroCaesarCrassusCaesar's DeathThe Battle of PhilippiThe Battle of ActiumRoman LiteratureAugustus CaesarTiberiusThe Prosperity of the EmpireFrom Pertinax to DiocletianConstantineRomulus AugustulusRoman Literature under the Empire...