. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . rors and hardships of Alpine travel andinhabited by warlike tribes, was conquered by the Romanswith thrust of lance and stroke of sword. This great achieve-ment, however, was reserved for a later age, and down to thetime of the Empire the Alpine districts remained beyond the western passes of the Alps, in the fertile Rhonevalley, lay a favoured land, famed in after-times as the homeof mirth and song, and now the playground of Europe, thehappy realm of Provence. Here was sit
. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . rors and hardships of Alpine travel andinhabited by warlike tribes, was conquered by the Romanswith thrust of lance and stroke of sword. This great achieve-ment, however, was reserved for a later age, and down to thetime of the Empire the Alpine districts remained beyond the western passes of the Alps, in the fertile Rhonevalley, lay a favoured land, famed in after-times as the homeof mirth and song, and now the playground of Europe, thehappy realm of Provence. Here was situated the rich andprosperous city of Massilia, founded at the beginning of thesixth century by Greek refugees from Phocaea, and long unitedin firm alliance with Rome. It was the necessity of protectingtheir allies from the raids of the Ligurians that led the Romansto extend their territory in this district, and another importantmotive was the maintenance of easy communication betweenItaly and Spain. They pushed their conquests to the frontierof the modern Auvergne, and formed friendly relations with382.
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