The February 4 chat is our last session of The Beginnings of Rome: Italy From the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (Circa 1,000 to 264 B.C.) by T.J. Cornell, Chapters 14 & 15:
14 THE ROMAN CONQUEST OF ITALY
1 The outbreak of the Samnite Wars
2 The Latin revolt and its consequences
3 The Second Samnite War
4 The Roman conquest of central Italy
5 The battle of Sentinum and its consequences
6 The invasion of Pyrrhus and the unification of Italy
7 The nature of Roman control in Italy and the dynamics of imperialism
2 The Latin revolt and its consequences
3 The Second Samnite War
4 The Roman conquest of central Italy
5 The battle of Sentinum and its consequences
6 The invasion of Pyrrhus and the unification of Italy
7 The nature of Roman control in Italy and the dynamics of imperialism
15 ROME IN THE AGE OF THE ITALIAN WARS
1 The transformation of the state
2 The career of Appius Claudius Caecus
3 The Lex Hortensia and its effects
4 Economic developments
5 Epilogue: Roman society and culture on the eve of the Punic Wars
Still serious and dense … and heavy, heavy for my arthritic thumb!
