Includes bibliographical references (pages 799-820) and index.
Glossary -- How to use and cite ancient Rome -- Early Republican Rome : 507-264 BC -- The public face of Rome -- Religion in the Roman Republic -- The Punic Wars : Rome against Carthage -- Rome's Mediterranean empire -- Slaves and freedmen -- Women and the family -- Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus -- Gaius Marius -- The Social War -- Lucius Cornelius Sulla "Felix" -- The collapse of the Republic -- War and dictatorship -- Octavian's rise to power -- The age of Augustus -- The ancient sources