Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome /

A concise introduction surveys Italy's geography, the Latin language, the limits of early traditions, and explains Roman institutions, land tenure, religion, military and legal systems, and private life. The main narrative then traces a chronological history from legendary origins and the regal period through the republican centuries, describing wars with neighboring peoples, the Punic conflicts, eastern and Iberian campaigns, and the social and agrarian struggles that produced internecine civil wars. The account proceeds to the establishment of imperial rule and summarizes successive emperors, and is augmented by explanatory notes, biographical sketches, examination questions, and illustrative engravings.