TURIN, February 22, 1909.



CONTENTS


"CORRUPTION" IN ANCIENT ROME, AND ITS
COUNTERPART IN MODERN HISTORY ......... 1
THE HISTORY AND LEGEND OF ANTONY AND
CLEOPATRA ............................. 37
THE DEVELOPMENT OF GAUL ................. 69
NERO .................................... 101
JULIA AND TIBERIUS ...................... 143
WINE IN ROMAN HISTORY ................... 179
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .. 207
ROMAN HISTORY IN MODERN EDUCATION ....... 239
INDEX ................................... 265



"Corruption" in Ancient Rome And Its Counterpart in Modern History


Two years ago in Paris, while giving a course of lectures on Augustus
at the Collège de France, I happened to say to an illustrious
historian, a member of the French Academy, who was complimenting me:
"But I have not remade Roman history, as many admirers think. On
the contrary, it might be said, in a certain sense, that I have only