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Goldsmiths Roman His Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection 2 * Rochester Public Library Reference Book Not For Circulation Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection THE KATE GLEASON FUND In Memory of AMELIA BRETTELLE Teacher of History ROCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection GOLDSMITH'S &®mjyfl smsHHDRTr* ABRIDGED BY HIMSELF. FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS. CANAND.UGUA: PRINTED AND SOLD BY J. D. BEMIS & CO. I&2A, Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection D vmfiAw;:i:,:::< ;•:.;••. THERE are some subjects on which Vwritermust decline all attempts to acquire fame, |ati!f(e# M?i5h^1?eii|'|p obscurely useful. After such a number j£ Rjrrmin* HiAtori^/inall lan­ guages, ancient and modern, it would be but imposture to pretend new discoveries, or expect to offer any thing in a work of this kind, which has not been often anticipated by others. The facts which it relates have been an hundred times repeated, and every occurrence has been so variously considered, that learning can scarcelyNfind a new anecdote, or genius give novelty to tne old. I hope, therefore, for the reader's indulgence, if, in the fol­ lowing attempt^ it shall appear that my only aim was to sup­ ply a concise, plain, and unaffected narrative of the rise and decline of a well known empire. I was contented to make such a book as could not fail of being serviceable, though of all others the most unlikely to promote the reputation of the writer. Instead then-fore of pressing forward among the am­ bitious, I only claim the merit of knowing my own strength, and falling back among the hindmost ranks with conscious inferiority. I am not ignorant, however, that it would be no such diffi- „ cult task to pursue the same arts by which many dull men every day acquire a reputation in history ; such might easily be attained, by fixing on some obscure period to write upon, where much seeming erudition might be displayed, almost un­ known, because not worth remembering; and many maxim in politics might be advanced entirely new, because altogeth­ er False. But I have pursued a contrary method, choosing the most noted periods in history, and oflering no remarks but i as I thought strictly true. The reasons of my choice were, that wchad no history of this splendid period in o>»«* language, but what was either too volu­ minous for common use, or too meanly written to please. Ca- trou and Rouille's History, in six \olumes folio, translated into our language by Bundv, is entirely unsuited to the time and expense mankind usually choose to bestow upon this sub­ jecty tvolume ; Rolli*n octavo and hi, ssee continuatom to laborr Crevierunde1-r th, 1makine sameg imputatioabove thirn­ ; Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection PREFACli. tJiej-eoply'tiiorefqrAVe(hRihed the History by in five volumes octavo, whose plan and mine seemed to coin­ cide ; and*] had;h,s |»$ee,Q"ti'*h been equal to his design, it had precludedctWpNv^ri undertaking. But the truth is, it is so J poorly \wJtten,,tlie4jTac,ts,sp cxouded, the narration so spirit f cAarat'ter^ 8d. indistinctly marked, that the most ardent curiosity must'ceol-m the perusal; • and the noblest transactions that ever warmed the human heart, as described by him, ini!>t cease '<> interest. I have endeavored, therefore, in the present work (or ra­ ther compilation) to ob%iate the inconveniences arising from die exuberance of the former, as well as from the unpleasant­ ly the latter. Too much time may be given even to laudable pursuits, and there is none more apt than this to al­ lure the student from more necessary branches of learning, and, if I may so express it, entirely to engrofeS his industry. What is here offered therefore may be sufficient for all but -uch as make history the peculiar business of their lives; to such the most tedious narrative will seem but an abridgment, as they measure the merit of a work rather by the quantity than the quality of its contents. Others however, who think more soberly, will agree, that in so extensive a field as that of the transactions of Rome, more judgment may be shown by selecting what is important, than by adding what is obscure. The history of this empire has been extended to six volumes folio; and*I aver, that with very little learning, it might be increased to sixteen more; but what would this be but to load the subject with unimportant facts, and so to weaken the narration, that like the empire it described, it must necessa- rilv sink beneath the weight of its own acquisitions ! Ilut while I have thus endeavored to avoid prolixity, it was found no easy matter to prevent crowding the facts, and to give every narration its proper play. In reality no art can contrive to avoid opposite defects ;"ne who indulges in minute particularities will be ©fun languid, and he who studies con­ ciseness will as frequently be dry and wuentertaining. As it was my asm to comprise as much as possible in the smallest compass* A fourth, it i s-/plum feareed ha thas Mf»ct thee beewornk publi'berwill oftet n be subject to the latter imputation ; but it was impossible to furnish the pub- He with a cheap Roman history, and at the same time to give Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection PREFACE. V all that warmth to the narrative, all those colourings to the de­ scription, which works of twenty times the bulk have room to exhibit. I shall be fully satisfied, therefore, if it furnishes an interest sufficient to allure the reader to the end : and this is a claim to which few abridgments can justly make preten­ sions. To these objections there are some who may add, that I have rejected many of the modern improvements in Roman history, and that every character is left in full possession of that fame or infamy which it obtained from its cotemporaries, or those who wrote immediately after. I acknowledge the charge, for it appears now too late to re-judge the virtues or the vices ol those men who were but very incorripletely known even t» their own historians. The Romans, perhaps, upon many • vi as'tons, formed wrong ideas of virtue, but they were by no means so ignorant or abandoned in general as not to givo their brightest characters the greatest snare of their applause; and I do not know whether it be fair to try Pagan actions by the standard of Christian morality. But, whatever may be my execution of this work, I have very little doubts about the success of the undertaking; the subject i3 the noblest that ever employed human attention ; and instead of requiring a writer's aid" will support him with its splendour. The empire of the world, rising from the meanest origin, and growing great by a strict veneration for religion, and an implicit confidence in its commanders, con­ tinually changing the mode, but seldom the spirit of its gov­ ernment, being a constitution in which the military power, whether under the name of citizens or soldiers, almost always prevailed ; adopting all the improvements of other nations with the most indefatigable industry, and submitting to be taught by those whom it afterwards subdued : this is a pic­ ture that must affect us, however it be disposed ; these mate­ rials must have their value under the hand of the meanest workman. i Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection THE HISTORY OF HOME, CHAP. I. Of the Original of the Roman*. THE Romans were particularly desirous of being thou-du descended from the gods, as if to hide the meanness of their real ancestry. iEneas, the son of Venus and Anchises, hav­ ing escaped from the destruction of Troy, after many ad­ ventures and dangers, arrived in Italy [A. M. 2294,3 where he was kindly received by Latinus, king ol the Latins, who gave him his daughter Lavinia in marriage. Turnus, king of the Rutuli, was the first who opjiosed ./Eneas, he having long made pretensions to Lavinia himself. A war ensued, in which the Trojan hero was victorious, and Turnus slain. In consequence of this, /Eneas built a city which was called Lavimum, in honor of bis wife :—and sometime after, enga­ ging in another war against Mezentinus, one of the petty kings of the country, he was vanquished in turn, and died in battle, after a reign of four years. Numitor, the fifteenth king in a direct line from ./Eneas, who took possession of the kingdom in consequence of his father's will, had a brother named Amulius, to whom he left tbe treasures which had been brought from Troy. As rich­ es but too generally prevail against right, Amulius made use of his wealth to supplant his brother, and soon found means to possess himself of the kingdom. Not content with the crime of usurpation, he addedl that of murder also. Numi- tor's ft»rts first fell a sacrifice to his suspicions ; and to re­ move all apprehensions of being one day disturbed in his ill got power, iw caused Rhea Silvia, his brother's only daugh­ ter, to become a vestal virgin ; which office obliging her to perpetual celibacy, nude him less uneasy as to the ctaiias of pooteniy. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection I HISTORY OF ROME.
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