CHAPTER XVI

LATER PERIOD OF GREEK HISTORY. Decadence of the cities--Rich and
poor--Strife between rich and poor--Democracy and oligarchy--The
tyrants--Exhaustion of Greece.

THE ROMAN CONQUEST. The leagues--The allies of the Romans--The last
struggles.

THE HELLENES IN THE OCCIDENT. Influence of Greece on Rome--
Architecture--Sculpture--Literature--Epicureans and Stoics.


CHAPTER XVII

ANCIENT PEOPLES OF ITALY. The Etruscans--Etruria--The Etruscan people--
The Etruscan tombs--Industry and commerce--Religion--The augurs--
Influence of the Etruscans.

THE ITALIAN PEOPLE. Umbrians and Oscans--The Sacred Spring--The
Samnites--The Greeks of Italy.

LATINS AND ROMANS. The Latins--Rome--Roma Quadrata and the Capitol.


CHAPTER XVIII

RELIGION AND THE FAMILY. Religion--The Roman gods--Form of the
gods--Principle of the Roman religion--Worship--Formalism--
Prayer--Omens--The priests.