By DANA C. MUNRO, University of Wisconsin. Cloth. Illustrated,
x + 258 pages. Introduction price, $1.00.
The series of extracts from original sources contained in this book
cover the following topics: Sources and credibility of early Roman
history; religion; the army; monarchical institutions; the constitution
of the republic; early laws and history; the conquest of the
Mediterranean; the Punic wars; results of foreign wars; misrule of the
optimates; the last century of the republic; the early empire;
Christianity and Stoicism; Roman life and society--slavery, education,
manners, customs, amusements; provinces and provincial administration,
etc. References to supplementary sources are prefixed to each chapter.