. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. pe we agreed, their northernstiffening, had advanced farbeyond their Etruscan kinsmenin intelligence, and the tyrantHiero of Syracuse defeatedthem in a great sea-fight in474 It is agreeable tothe historian to have a factso certain and a date so wellattested in all the wildernessof legend that surrounds theearly history of Italy. Thenthe warlike hill tribes of theSouthern Apennines began topress upon their southerncolonies, and finally the Gaulsfrom the north swept downupon Etruria at the beginningof the fourth cent
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. pe we agreed, their northernstiffening, had advanced farbeyond their Etruscan kinsmenin intelligence, and the tyrantHiero of Syracuse defeatedthem in a great sea-fight in474 It is agreeable tothe historian to have a factso certain and a date so wellattested in all the wildernessof legend that surrounds theearly history of Italy. Thenthe warlike hill tribes of theSouthern Apennines began topress upon their southerncolonies, and finally the Gaulsfrom the north swept downupon Etruria at the beginningof the fourth century and brokeup their declining empire forever. It was probably duringthis period that the Romans ex-pelled their Etruscan princes,and replaced royalty by a pairof equal colleagues sharingmost of the royal power andregal emblems except crownand sceptre. So we get tothe Rome of the earliestcredible tradition — a Romegoverned by two consuls anda senate of nobles. It is a citycomposed of farm-houses andin each house the head of the family rules in patriarchal majesty. 23. The Roman Toga THE GRANDEUR THAT WAS ROiME The Growing RepublicThus it is necessary to throw overboard a great mass ofedifying and famous history in the interest of truth. Therewere no contemporary records, the annals and fasti uponwhich Livys immediate predecessors relied in the first are demonstrably of late concoction. Everywhere wecan see the influence of Greek artists importing fragmentsof Greek history, rationalising names and customs, antedatingand reduplicating later constitutional struggles, writing appro-priate speeches for early parliamentarians who never existed,and generally demonstrating the power of Greek invention toflatter Roman credulity. The great families of 200 andonwards found themselves as rich and powerful as nabobs;they had great historic names, and when there was a funeralin the family they sent out a long procession of waxen imagesto represent the noble ancestors of t
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