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Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome By: Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) |
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IMPROVED EDITION OF
DR. GOLDSMITH'S HISTORY OF ROME:
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ROMAN HISTORY, AND A GREAT VARIETY OF VALUABLE INFORMATION ADDED THROUGHOUT THE WORK, ON
THE MANNERS, INSTITUTIONS, AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ROMANS; WITH NUMEROUS BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES; AND QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION AT THE END OF EACH SECTION. ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. [Illustration: Coliseum.] BY WM. C. TAYLOR, LL.D., OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. AUTHOR OF MANUAL OF ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY, ETC. ETC.
THIRTY FIFTH AMERICAN, FROM THE TWENTY THIRD ENGLISH EDITION PHILADELPHIA: THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO. 1851. Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1848, by THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO. In the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. PRINTED BY SMITH & PETERS, Franklin Buildings, Sixth Street below Arch, Philadelphia.
PREFACE. The researches of Niebuhr and several other distinguished German
scholars have thrown a new light on Roman History, and enabled us to
discover the true constitution of that republic which once ruled the
destinies of the known world, and the influence of whose literature
and laws is still powerful in every civilized state, and will probably
continue to be felt to the remotest posterity. These discoveries have,
however, been hitherto useless to junior students in this country; the
works of the German critics being unsuited to the purposes of schools,
not only from their price, but also from the extensive learning
requisite to follow them through their laborious disquisitions. The
editor has, therefore, thought that it would be no unacceptable
service, to prefix a few Introductory Chapters, detailing such results
from their inquiries as best elucidate the character and condition of
the Roman people, and explain the most important portion of the
history. The struggles between the patricians and plebeians,
respecting the agrarian laws have been so strangely misrepresented,
even by some of the best historians, that the nature of the contest
may, with truth, be said to have been wholly misunderstood before the
publication of Niebuhr's work: a perfect explanation of these
important matters cannot be expected in a work of this kind; the
Editors trust that the brief account given here of the Roman tenure of
land, and the nature of the agrarian laws, will be found sufficient
for all practical purposes. After all the researches that have been
made, the true origin of the Latin people, and even of the Roman city,
is involved in impenetrable obscurity; the legendary traditions
collected by the historians are, however, the best guides that we can
now follow; but it would be absurd to bestow implicit credit on all
the accounts they have given, and the editor has, therefore, pointed
out the uncertain nature of the early history, not to encourage
scepticism, but to accustom students to consider the nature of
historical evidence, and thus early form the useful habit of
criticising and weighing testimony. The authorities followed in the geographical chapters, are principally
Heeren and Cramer; the treatise of the latter on ancient Italy is one
of the most valuable aids acquired by historical students within the
present century. Much important information respecting the peculiar
character of the Roman religion has been derived from Mr. Keightley's
excellent Treatise on Mythology; the only writer who has, in our
language, hitherto, explained the difference between the religious
systems of Greece and Rome. The account of the barbarians in the
conclusion of the volume, is, for the most part, extracted from
"Koch's Revolutions of Europe;" the sources of the notes, scattered
through the volume, are too varied for a distinct acknowledgment of
each. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER |
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