This book is an accessible introduction to these centuries of change, useful as context for studying later developments in Roman history.
The land & its peoples
Regal Rome
The new republic & the struggle of the orders
The Roman republic & its neighbours
The union of the orders & the constitution
Rome's conquest & organization of Italy
The first struggle
The entr'acte
Hannibal's offensive & Rome's defensive
Scipio & Rome's offensive
Rome & Greece
Rome & Antiochus
Rome & the eastern Mediterranean
Rome, Italy & the western Mediterranean
Roman policy & the government
Economic & social organization
Literature & art
Roman religion