«Early History of Rome – Wars under the Kings – Their Results – Gradual Subjection of Italy – Great Heroes of the Republic – Their Virtues and Victories – Military Aggrandizement – The Carthaginian, Macedonian, and Asiatic Wars – Their Consequences – Civil Wars of Marius and Sulla, of Pompey and Caesar – The Conquests of the Barbarians – Extension of Roman Dominion in the East – Conquests of the Emperors – The Military Forces of the Empire – Military Science – The Roman Legion – The Military Genius of the Romans »
