Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind .. . and the internal struggles of the General sum-Romans, and this for the reason that their con- ^ and their political organization were the main thingsthat this remarkable people had yet accomplished. It is astriking fact that there was not yet even a dawning Romanliterature; in art, science, philosophy, Rome had done —absolutely nothing. But, in fact, it was in the art of govern-ing mankind that Roman genius was to appear; and it wasthis
Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind .. . and the internal struggles of the General sum-Romans, and this for the reason that their con- ^ and their political organization were the main thingsthat this remarkable people had yet accomplished. It is astriking fact that there was not yet even a dawning Romanliterature; in art, science, philosophy, Rome had done —absolutely nothing. But, in fact, it was in the art of govern-ing mankind that Roman genius was to appear; and it wasthis that showed itself in these early years, — it was theirvalor, their probity, their patriotism, their political tact, andaot speculation or literary culture, that distinguished them. 3. EPOCH OF FOREIGN CONQUEST (466-133 ). 47. The epoch of Roman history on which we now entercovers 133 years, beginning in 266 b. c. and Extent of theending in 133 b. c. This is the era of Romes Piod. 148 HISreRY 0P RGME. first great foreign conquests, embracing the Punic and Mace-donian wars, and lasts down to the rise of the civil broilsunder,,^ AP TO 1 LLUSTRATE THEPUNIGWJ^S. SfiOtV/A/G ROMAN r£/!/?/TOf!rArT/iT//iT£/tM/JVAr/Of/. Carthage. 48. In the middle of the 3d century b. c. the greatmaritime power of the Western Mediterraneanwas Carthage. She was at the head of the other Phoenician cities in Africa, numbering about 300,with possessions in Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, and government she was a republic ruled by an Carthaginians were devoted to commerce, and had thegood and the bad traits characteristic of a purely commer-cial people. The Romans, who were their rivals and ene-mies, represented them as wanting in integrity and honor;hence the ironical phrase to denote treachery, Punka fides{Punica from Pceni, the Latin form of the name Phcenicians),or Punic faith. 49, It was hardly possible that two such powers as Car- FOREIGN CONQUEST. I49 thage and
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