The History of Rome, Volume 4

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Longmans, Green, and Company, 1882
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Table des matières

Methods of dealing with the subject
6
History of the comitia of centuries
11
The change probably a gradual one
17
Executive power of the comitia of tribes 24 Conduct of foreign policy
24
Political importance of the comitia of tribes 30 The comitia of tribes and nonvoters
31
Censorship of Lepidus and Fulvius
37
CHAPTER II
43
Political services of the senate
45
Greek and Roman women 221
229
The Roman family
235
Influence of religion and law
241
Qualifications of the censors
247
Roman piety
255
Absence of a priestly class 201
262
Interpretation of portents
269
Question of the trustworthiness of the story 275 Alleged murders of Roman citizens
275

The care of the temples 162
50
The senate and foreign affairs
52
The senate and the knights
58
Religion and the State 253
60
General importance and character of the Roman senate 63 The Roman senate the chief cause of Roman greatness 64 Composition of the senate
65
Senatorial votes
72
Restrictions and checks on Roman magistrates
78
Constitutional checks
84
Difficulties besetting the election of magistrates
90
Legislative power of Roman magistrates
96
Decay of discipline
102
Officers of the legions
104
Irregular forces
112
Fnnctions of prtetors and consuls
118
Province of religion 254
120
Criminal law
124
Gradual limitation of popular jurisdiction
131
Fines
137
POLICE
141
Italian banditti
147
Public and private lands
153
Abolition of the tributum
159
General application of the revenue
162
Change in the position of the tribunes
170
CHAPTER IX
178
Character of the Roman colonies
184
Decay of Italian agriculture
188
Discontent of the allies
194
Provincial trade
200
Condition of the several provincesSpain 205 Sardinia and Corsica
206
Degrees of freedom left to the allies
212
Term of military service 109
217
Sumptuary laws
223
Roman love of spectacles
281
CULTURE ART SCIENCE
284
Gladiatorial spectacles
290
Medical practice of the Romans
296
Campus Martins
302
Position of the Roman allies
305
Growing power of the senate
311
Memorial monuments
317
Opposition shown to the Scipios
323
Countertactics of Lucius Scipio
330
Personal character of Cato
336
CHAPTER I
345
Change in the character of the Roman nobility
351
The equestrian order
357
The urban and rural tribes
358
External causes tending to depress Italian agriculture
364
The rural Italian population
370
Election of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus as one of the
376
Plans of Gracchus as tribune
382
Legality of the reforms of Gracchus
388
His position and policy
394
Passive resistance of the senate
400
Action of the senate after the death of Gracchus
407
New commission for carrying out the Sempronian law
413
Question of the extension of the Roman franchise to
419
The supply of slaves
425
Opportuneness of the bequest of Attains
431
Death of Blossius of Curaaj
437
Disinterested patriotism of the Gracchi
438
His powers of persuasion
444
deprived of any office by the people 448 Question of the discretionary powers of the senate 448 Law of C Gracchus affecting the murderers of his br...
450
Provincial colonies with full Roman citizenship 456 Measures directly affecting the power of the nobles
457
Shortsightedness and delusions of C Gracchus
463

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