Early Rome, from the Foundation of the City to its Destruction by the Gauls: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Early Rome, from the Foundation of the City to its Destruction by the Gauls, credited to Wilhelm Ihne, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Early Rome, from the Foundation of the City to its Destruction by the Gauls by Wilhelm Ihne. Read in English by Pamela Nagami In this short scholarly work the German historian, Wilhelm Ihne, elucidates what is known or can be deduced about Rome's early history, from the time of its legendary founders and kings, through the establishment of the Republic, to the invasion of the Gauls in 390 B.C. Ihne writes that "No great state known to history can be traced to such a small beginning as Rome." This book shows how the slow evolution of Rome's political institutions, through class conflict and compromise, created a state which, despite few natural advantages, was destined to rule the world. (Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Early Rome, from the Foundation of the City to its Destruction by the Gauls
• Author credits: Wilhelm Ihne
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 6:49:48

Catalogue topics

• romulus and remus
• rape of the sabines
• numa pompilius
• tarquinii
• etruscans
• roman senate
• patricians and plebians
• twelve tablesgauls

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 01 - ''Who list the Roman Greatness forth to figure'' — 2:31
2. 02 - Ch. 1: The Causes of the Greatness of Rome — 15:58
3. 03 - Ch. 2: Sources of the History of Rome, Pt. 1 — 22:04
4. 04 - Ch. 2: Sources of the History of Rome, Pt. 2 — 20:55
5. 05 - Ch. 3: The Legends of the Seven Kings of Rome, Pt. 1 — 23:32
6. 06 - Ch. 3: The Legends of the Seven Kings of Rome, Pt. 2 — 24:34
7. 07 - Ch. 3: The Legends of the Seven Kings of Rome, Pt. 3 — 15:55
8. 08 - Ch. 4: Examination of the Legends of the Kings, Pt. 1 — 14:18
9. 09 - Ch. 4: Examination of the Legends of the Kings, Pt. 2 — 21:54
10. 10 - Ch. 5: The Five Phases of the History of Rome in the Regal Period — 14:37
11. 11 - Ch. 6: Religious Institutions in the Time of the Kings — 24:37
12. 12 - Ch. 7: Character of the Monarchy — 7:49
13. 13 - Ch. 8: The Senate of the Regal Period — 5:58
14. 14 - Ch. 9: The People in the Regal Period — 9:36
15. 15 - Ch. 10: The Magistrates of the Republic — 18:05
16. 16 - Ch. 11: The Senate of the Republic — 10:50
17. 17 - Ch. 12: The Popular Assemblies of the Republic — 15:17
18. 18 - Ch. 13: The Tribunes of the People — 16:18
19. 19 - Ch. 14: The Agrarian Law of Spurius Cassius — 5:13
20. 20 - Ch. 15: The League with the Latins and Hernicans — 6:25
21. 21 - Ch. 16: The Wars with the Volscians and Aequians — 15:10
22. 22 - Ch. 17: War with the Etruscans — 6:06
23. 23 - Ch. 18: The Decemvirs and the Laws of the Twelve Tables, 451-442 B.C. — 19:54
24. 24 - Ch. 19: Extension of Plebeian Rights from 449-390 B.C., Pt. 1 — 12:28

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