Chapter XXVII: The Two Western Republics

§ 1. The beginnings of the Latins 445

§ 2. A new sort of state 454

§ 3. The Carthaginian republic of rich men 466

§ 4. The First Punic War 467

§ 5. Cato the Elder and the spirit of Cato 471

§ 6. The Second Punic War 475

§ 7. The Third Punic War 480

§ 8. How the Punic War undermined Roman liberty 485

§ 9. Comparison of the Roman republic with a modern state 486