Chapter III: Conquest of Italy (416-488)

I. DESCRIPTION OF ITALY 62

II. DISPOSITIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF ITALY IN REGARD TO ROME 65

III. TREATMENT OF THE VANQUISHED PEOPLES 68

IV. SUBMISSION OF LATIUM AFTER THE FIRST SAMNITE WAR 75

V. SECOND SAMNITE WAR 78

VI. THIRD SAMNITE WAR--COALITION OF SAMNITES, ETRUSCANS, UMBRIANS,
AND HERNICI (443-449) 82

VII. FOURTH SAMNITE WAR--SECOND COALITION OF THE SAMNITES,
ETRUSCANS, UMBRIANS, AND GAULS (456-464) 85

VIII. THIRD COALITION OF THE ETRUSCANS, GAULS, LUCANIANS, AND TARENTUM (469-474) 88

IX. PYRRHUS IN ITALY--SUBMISSION OF TARENTUM (474-488) 89

X. PREPONDERANCE OF ROME 92

XI. STRENGTH OF THE INSTITUTIONS 97