This text, put together by several accomplished historians and writers, encompasses a broad scope of Rome's early history. The book is exceedingly detailed and thorough, making this a terrific text for anyone seeking to gain an in-depth knowledge of early Roman history, including the founding of the city, the sociopolitical effects of the Punic Wars and the gaining of Sicily, the politics of the?Gracchi brothers and much more.?

This is a comprehensive history of the Roman Republic, from its legendary founding in 753 BCE to the end of the Roman Civil War in 31 BCE. Cyril E. Robinson provides detailed analysis of the political, social, and cultural forces that shaped this important period of Roman history, including the rise of the Roman Republic, the Punic Wars, and the transformation of the Roman state into an empire. This book is an essential resource for anyone studying Roman history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Rome was always more than just a city, it was an idea. Its laws, government and religion came, through the growth of that idea, to dominate first Italy and then the known world. This book shows year by year how this happened. In it we experience the rise, evolution and eventual destruction of the Republic and encounter the heroes and villains of the period including the Patricians and the Plebeians; Caesar and Pompey; Scipio and Hannibal.

The book tells the history of The Roman Empire from the times of the tribunate of Tiberius Gracchus to the second consulship of Marius. The author provides his personal analysis of the historical era and, at the same time, gives a lot of details about different important aspects like the business life or Rome, foreign trade, agriculture, the reforms of Tiberius Gracchus, the tribunate of Caius Gracchus, the colonization of Africa and the reign of Marius.

Excerpt from History of the Roman Republic Switzerland is a land of reasoners. Despite that gigantic poem, the Alps, the breeze from the glaciers is prosaic; it breathes doubts. 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.