RESULTS OF THE CONQUESTS. Empire of the Roman people--The public
domain--Agrarian laws.
CHAPTER XXI
THE CONQUERED PEOPLES. The provincials--Provinces--The proconsuls--
Tyranny and oppression of the proconsuls--The publicans--Bankers--
Defencelessness of the provincials.
SLAVERY. Sale of slaves--Condition of slaves--Number of slaves--Urban
slaves--Rural slaves--Treatment of slaves--Ergastulum and mill--
Character of the slaves--Revolts--Admission to citizenship.
CHAPTER XXII
TRANSFORMATION OF LIFE IN ROME. Influence of Greece and the Orient.
CHANGES IN RELIGION. Greek gods--The Bacchanals--Superstitions of the
Orient--Sceptics.
CHANGES IN MANNERS. The old customs--Cato the Elder--The new manners--
Oriental luxury--Greek humanity--Lucullus--The new education--New
status of women--Divorce.
CHAPTER XXIII
FALL OF THE REPUBLIC. Causes of the decadence--Destruction of the
peasant class--The city plebs--Electoral corruption--Corruption of
the Senate--Corruption of the army.
THE REVOLUTION. Necessity of the revolution--Civil wars--The Gracchi--
Marius and Sulla--Pompey and Caesar--End of the Republic--Need of
peace--Power of the individual.
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