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Excerpt from The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic The wants by which the Romans were impel led in the first state of their settlement, made it. Necessary for them to vanquish some of their neighbours, or to perish in the attempt. Valour, accordingly, in their estimation, was the principal quality of human nature, and the defeat of an enemy the chief of its fruits. Ever leader who 'obtained a victory made his entry at ome in pro cession; and this gave rise to the triumph, which continued, from the first to the last age of the commonwealth, to be the highest object of am bitiou. 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.