. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . eat historical drama, he had visited the battlefieldsand the cities which he describes, and he had before him thewritings of contemporary witnesses. To these quahficationshe added others, not less important. He was himself a soldierand a statesman, versed in great affairs, and endowed with acalm, judicial mind, generally free from small passions andlocal partialities. Unfortunately his works have come downto us in a fragmentary and imperfect form. But whereverwe have his evidence before
. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . eat historical drama, he had visited the battlefieldsand the cities which he describes, and he had before him thewritings of contemporary witnesses. To these quahficationshe added others, not less important. He was himself a soldierand a statesman, versed in great affairs, and endowed with acalm, judicial mind, generally free from small passions andlocal partialities. Unfortunately his works have come downto us in a fragmentary and imperfect form. But whereverwe have his evidence before us we can walk with firm stepsin the full light of credible history. An Inevitable Conflict In his first book Polybius gives an account of the FirstPunic War, which lasted for twenty-three years ()and ended in the cession of Sicily to Rome. The strugglebetween Rome and Carthage was a necessary sequel to thelong series of wars which had brought all Italy under the Romansway. To protect the coast towns of Italy and secure commandof the great channels of commerce was a duty which could not 156. Plate XXVI. A ^ESTAL 156
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