...struggling desperately with Rome, under the thorough conviction that she must either conquer or perish. Wherever the republican armies planted their iron...Rome. It was not before Rome itself had bowed her proud head under an imperial master that municipal prosperity returned to the great centres of art,...

...municipal constitution of the republic that Rome could not brook another great town besides herself. This was the reason why, even in the legendary period,...subsequent period Veii was doomed to destruction. It was now the turn of Capua to sink into the dust; and no long period elapsed before that other rival...

...municipal constitution of the republic that Rome could not brook another great town beside herself. This was the reason why even in the legendary period...into competition with Rome. It was not before Rome herself had bowed her proud head under an imperial master that municipal prosperity returned to the...