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Smith, R. B.-" Carthage and the Carthagenians." London, 1878.

A careful study of the city and of the careers of Hamilcar Barca, and Hannibal.

BIOGRAPHY

Beesly, A. H.-"The Gracchi, Marius and Sulla." (Epochs of Ancient History.) New York, 1878.

Well written. Is based largely on Long and Mommsen.

Beesly, E. S.-" Catiline, Clodius and Tiberius." London, 1878.

A collection of essays, originally published in the Fortnightly Review, giving a good picture of the times.

Boissier, G.-" Cicero and his Friends." Trans. by A. D. Jones. London, 1897.
Deals with the literary rather than the political side of his activity.
Dodge, T. A.-" Hannibal." Boston, 1891.

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Forsyth, W.-“Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero." New York, 1871. 2 vols.
Rather out of date, but describing Cicero's career in great detail.

Fowler, W. W.-" Julius Caesar and the Foundation of the Roman Imperial
System." New York, 1892.

The best account of Caesar in English.

Froude, J. A.-" Caesar: a Sketch." New York, 1892.

A rather partisan defense of Caesar.

How, W. W.-" Hannibal and the Great War between Rome and Carthage." London, 1899.

Morris, W. O.-" Hannibal." London and New York, 1897.

An excellent, well-balanced account; in many ways the best biography in English. Napoleon III, Emperor of the French.-"History of Julius Caesar." New York, 1865. 2 vols.

The work of many hands prepared under the direction of Napoleon III. Treats with special fullness of Caesar's career in Gaul.

Oman, C. W. C.-" Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic." 2d ed. London, 1902.

Gives interesting studies of the Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, and Caesar.

Scott, F. J.-" Portraitures of Julius Caesar." London, 1903.

A discussion of the various busts and other representations of Caesar that have come down to us.

Strachan-Davidson, J. L.-" Cicero and the Fall of the Roman Republic." New York, 1894.

Valuable and charmingly written, but rather prejudiced in Cicero's favor. Trollope, A.-"Life of Cicero." New York, 1881. 2 vols.

A vivid and sympathetic portraiture of Cicero, giving the personal rather than the political side of his career.

INSTITUTIONS

Abbott, F. F.-"Roman Political Institutions." New York, 1901.

The best brief survey in English of the Roman constitution.

Arnold, W. T.-" Roman System of Provincial Administration to the Accession of Constantine." London, 1879.

An interesting study, but largely superseded by the dryer but more scholarly work of Mommsen.

Greenidge, A. H. J.-"Roman Public Life." London, 1901.

Gives a good general survey of the growth of the Roman constitution and an explanation of its workings.

Hadley, J.-Introduction to Roman Law. New York, 1875.

Mommsen, T.-" Römisches Staatsrecht." Leipzig, 1887. 3 vols. (Found in Marquardt and Mommsen's "Handbuch der römischen Alterthümer.") This is the great authority on the Roman constitution, but it has not been translated into English.

-"The Provinces of the Roman Empire." Trans. by W. P. Dickson. New York, 1887. 2 vols.

While this work deals with the provinces under the emperors much may be gathered from it regarding conditions in the republican period.

Morey, W. C.-" Outlines of Roman Law: Comprising its History, Growth and General Principles." New York, 1884.

This book and the similar one by Hadley give an excellent popular survey of the subject.

Muirhead, J.-" Historical Introduction to the Private Law of Rome." 2d ed. revised and edited by H. Goudy. London, 1899.

A standard treatise.

Sohm, R." The Institutes: a Text-Book of the History and System of Roman Private Law." Trans. by J. C. Ledlie, with an introduction by E. Grueber. Oxford, 1901. 2d ed.

The best comprehensive survey of the law in one volume, giving (1) its history and development, and (2) the principles of the law.

LIFE AND MANNERS

Church, A. J.-" Roman Life in the Days of Cicero: Sketches drawn from his Letters and Speeches." London, 1884.

A picture of social conditions both in the provinces and at Rome during the period 100-40 B. C.

Cunningham, W.-" Western Civilization in its Economic Aspects. Part I. Ancient Times." Cambridge, 1898.

A suggestive book; the first attempt to give a general survey of all antiquity from an economic point of view.

Johnston, H. W.-"The Private Life of the Romans." Chicago, 1903.

Similar in purpose to Preston and Dodge.

Lanciani, R.—“ Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries." Boston, 1891.

Popular but interesting account of the results of excavations in Rome up to 1890.

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'Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome." Boston, 1897.

Mackail, J. W.-" Latin Literature." London, 1896.

The best brief account of the subject, charmingly written.

2 vols.

Middleton, J. H.-" The Remains of Ancient Rome." London, 1892.
Preston, H. W., and Dodge, L.-" Private Life of the Romans." Boston, 1893.
Prepared as a text-book, but giving an interesting account of the daily life
in Rome.

Ramsay, W.-"Manual of Roman Antiquities." 15th ed. revised and partly rewritten by R. Lanciani. New York, 1895.

Teuffel, W. S.-"History of Roman Literature." Trans. by G. C. W. Warr from the 5th German edition. London, 1891-1892. 2 vols.

The best of the larger works on Roman literature accessible to the English reader.

INDEX

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INDEX

Abgarus of Edessa: betrays the Roman
army, 323

Achaean League: faults of, 138; joins
Rome, 140; declares war against
Sparta (146 B. C.), 166
Achaeans: found Sybaris, 26
Achaeus: general in the slave revolt, 173
Achaia: province of, formed, 166; sur-
renders to Mithradates, 217
Adherbal: king of Numidia, 188
Aegusa: battle of, 105

Aemilius, Lucius: commands campaign
against Tarentum, 75
Aequi: wars with Rome, 22

Aetolian League: faults of, 138; joins

Rome in third Macedonian War, 149
Afranius, Lucius: flees to Macedonia,
343; defeated by Caesar, 340; at the
Corcyra council of war, 350; arrival
in Africa, 359; death, 359

Africa: province of, formed, 165
Agrigentum: founded, 28; surrendered

to Rome, 125; seized by the slaves,
173

Ahala: defeats Celtic horde, 64

Alba: center of the Latin League, 9;
conquered and destroyed, 20; battle

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Antiochus (III) the Great, king of
Syria: forms an alliance with Philip
of Macedon, 139; war with Rome,
143; death, 145

Antiochus (IV) Epiphanes, king of
Syria, submits to Roman interfer-
ence, 151

Antiochus (XIII) Asiaticus, king of
Syria: deposed, 274

Antonius, Gaius: Caesar prosecutes, 266;
elected consul, 281; at battle of
Dolabella, 343

Antonius, Marcus (143-87 B. C.): com-
missioned to clear the seas of
pirates, 260; death, 223, 260
Antonius, Marcus (ca. 85-30 B. C.): his
campaign against recruiting officers
of Pompeius, 337; joins Caesar in
Greece, 346; puts down insurrection
of Dolabella, 365; offers the crown
to Caesar, 369

Apennines: boundary of Italy, 3
Apollonia: founded, 27

Appuleian Laws: passed, 200; canceled,

202

Apulia in Rome's hands, 70

Aquae Sextiae: founded, 192; battle of
(102 B. C.), 194

Aquileia: founded, 133; battle of, 193
Aquillius, Manius: quells slave revolt
in Sicily, 187; encourages uprising
of Bithynian king, 215

Aquilonia: battle of (293 B. C.), 72
Aquitania: conquered by Caesar, 304
Aratus of Sicyon: dispute with Sparta,
138

Arausio (Orange): battle of, 193;

founded, 392

Archelaus: at battle of Chaeronea, 218
Archidamus III, king of Sparta: at-
tempts to aid Tarentum, 68
Archimedes at the siege of Syracuse,
124

Arelate (Arles): founded, 392

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