ABSTRACT

This book presents a picture of pre-Roman Italy as complete and as faithful as modern discovery could make it, when it was originally published in 1937. The evidence of archaeology is combined with the testimony of historical tradition and non-Latin dialects in a balanced account of elements no less diverse than those of modern Europe. This description of Italy in the middle of the last millennium B.C. illuminates the success of Rome in achieving a united Italy, where others had failed – an achievement which paved the way for the course over of events over centuries.

chapter I|11 pages

Introduction

chapter II|36 pages

Italy: The Land

chapter IV|40 pages

Italy: Ancient Tribes and Their Dialects

chapter V|24 pages

Liguria

chapter VI|16 pages

Transpadane Gaul

chapter VII|28 pages

Venetia and the Ræti

chapter IX|31 pages

Etruria and the Faliscans

chapter X|22 pages

Picenum

chapter XI|22 pages

The Latins and Neighbouring Tribes

chapter XIII|18 pages

Apulia and Calabria

chapter XIV|10 pages

Lucania

chapter XV|20 pages

The Land of the Bruttii

chapter XVI|26 pages

Sicily and the Other Islands

chapter XVII|20 pages

Religion, Literature, and Government

chapter XVIII|20 pages

The Unification of Italy