Bryans, C: History of the Roman Republic

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Bryans, C: History of the Roman Republic

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Excerpt from The History of the Roman Republic: Abridges From the History by Professor Mommsen

AT the close of each chapter we have subjoined, where possible, a list of the chief authorities for the statements therein contained, but a few remarks on the character of such authorities will not be out of place.

Modern criticism has rudely shattered the romantic legends of the origin and regal period of Rome, legends given us in one form or another by all the ancient writers whose works are still preserved. Any reconstruction of the ruined fabric must necessarily rest in the main upon conjecture, and, however great he the probability of such conjecture, absolute certainty is impossible. Not only does darkness envelop the regal period of Rome, but we have to move with great caution through the confused accounts of the triumphs abroad and con¿icts at home which marked Rome's career during the first centuries of the republic. The reason of this is plain no records except of the most meagre kind were at first preserved by the Romans, and the earliest writer of Roman history did not live until the time of the second Punic war, or five hundred years after the foundation of the city.

Our inquiry into the sources of Roman history naturally falls into two divisions: firstly, as to what were the authorities of the Roman writers themselves; secondly, as to what weight must be attached to the writers whose works have come down to us.

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