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Pinnock’s Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith’s History of Rome

PREFACE
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From the banishment of Tarquinius Superbus to the appointment of the first Dictator X.From the Creation of the Dictator to the election of the Tribunes XI.

From the Creation of the Tribunes to the appointment of the Decemviri, viz.
Section 1 .-- The great Volscian war -- -- 2 .-- Civil commotions on account of the Agrarian law XII.

From the creation of the Decemviri to the destruction of the city by the Gauls, viz.
Section 1 .-- Tyranny of the Decemviri -- -- 2 .-- Crimes of Appius--Revolt of the army -- -- 3 .-- Election of Military Tribunes--Creation of the Censorship -- -- 4 .-- Siege and capture of Veii--Invasion of the Gauls -- -- 5 .-- Deliverance of Rome from the Gauls XIII.

From the wars with the Samnites to the First Punic war, viz.
Section 1 .-- The Latin war -- -- 2 .-- Invasion of Italy by Pyrrhus, king of Epirus -- -- 3 .-- Defeat and departure of Pyrrhus XIV.

From the beginning of the First Punic war to the beginning of the Second, viz.
Section 1 .-- Causes and commencement of the war--Invasion of Africa by Regulus -- -- 2 .-- Death of Regulus--Final Triumph of the Romans XV.


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