FERRERO- THE GREATNESS AND FAILURE OF ROME Vol. 1-2 [set in 2 vols.]

GUGLIELMO FERRERO

THE GREATNESS AND FALL OF ROME

[complete in 2 vols.]

volume 1- CONQUEST,

volume 2- JULIUS CEZAR

A WORK AWARDED BY THE FRENCH ACADEMY

translation authorized by Leopold Staff

Plskie Wydawnictwo R.Wagnera, Poznań, BR [ca. 1905], pp. 378+fold map of the Roman Empire, 398 +map of Gaul, format 13.5 x 21 cm

FIRST VOLUME

I. Small beginnings of a great state. II. Rome's first military and merchant expansion in the Mediterranean. III. The formation of Italic society. IV. Marius and the great proletarian uprising in antiquity. V. Sulla and the conservative reaction in Rome. VI. The first steps of Julius Caesar. VII. The conquest of Bithynia. VIII. Marcus Licinius Crassus. IX. The new popular party. X. The conquest of Armenia and the debts of Italia. XI. The fall of Lucullus. XII. Marcus Tulius Cicero. XIII. The project of conquering Egypt. XIV. How Caesar became a demagogue. XV. Katylina. XVI. The conquest of Jerusalem. XVII. The three-headed monster. XVIII. Conquest.

VOLUME TWO.

I. Caesar's first mistake and first success in Gaul. II. The annexation of Gaul. III. Caesar's great policy. IV. Second consulate of Crassus and Pompey. V. The first profession of Caesarian politics. The conquest of Britannia. VI. The great catastrophe of Caesarian politics. The invasion of Persia. VII. The final solstice of Caesar's policy. The revolt of Gaul. VIII. Riots and advances in Italia. IX. "De bello Gallico." X. Concerns of the Roman grandee. XI. "Initium tumultus." XII. "Bellum Civile." XIII. The Spanish War. XIV. Farsalos. XV. Cleopatra. XVI. Caesar's triumph. XVII. Caesar's last dream: the conquest of Persia. XVIII. The Ides of March.

NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS ON SEPARATE PAGES

HARDCOVER CLOTH BINDING OF THE PERIOD WITH GILT AND EMBLEM OF THE EMPIRE ROMANUM ON THE FACE

condition DB/ minor discoloration of binding and fraying of gilt, minor discoloration