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Excerpt from Studies in Roman History When I found that the time had come for a second edition of Christianity and the Roman Government, I at first intended merely to republish that little book in its original form. Wisely or unwisely, however, I have determined to incorporate in the same volume a few other essays, on more or less special subjects in Roman History, which, whatever their own intrinsic value, had cost me considerable labour in past years. To republish old work perhaps may be taken as a sign that either the ability, or the interest, to produce anything new has ceased to exist. In my case, I think I may fairly say that it is the ability, and not the interest, which has changed. Fruitful or original work in Roman History is not possible, when inscriptions can no longer be decyphered nor classical texts studied and compared. All that I can do now, on the subject which formerly occupied most of my time, is to appreciate (by means of other eyes) such notable contributions towards the scientific study of Roman History as those which Mr. Strachan-Davidson, Dr. Greenidge, and Mr. Henderson, have made and are making - contributions which promise to render less indispensable in the future a knowledge of German works and the German language, at least for Oxford students of the subject. The following studies are presented almost exactly in their original form. I have contrived to remove a few obvious mistakes and inconsistencies; and I have added a few pages to The Movements of the Legions from a paper on The German Army and Frontier, written before conditions became unfavourable and now probably never to be published. 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 fo