1-3 Foundation Stories
The Legend of Antenor
Aeneas and the Alban Kings
3-7 Romulus and Remus
Birth of the Twins
Evander and the Luperci
Recognition of the Twins
Foundation of Rome
Hercules and Cacus
8-16 Romulus [the founder and fighter]
8 Constitutional Measures
Magisterial Emblems
Asylum
Senate
9-13 Rome and the Sabines unite
9 Rape of the Sabine women
10-11 War with Caeninenses, Antemnates,
Crustumini
11 Story of Tarpeia
12 Mettius Curtius and the defeat of the
Sabines
13 Reconciliation
14 Death of Tatius
14-15 War with Fidenae and Veii
16 Apotheosis
17 The Interregnum
18-21 Numa [the religious figure]
19 Temple of Janus, Reform of calendar
20 Flamines, Vestal Virgins, the Salii, Pontiffs
21 Shrines of Egeria and Fides; the Argei
22-31 Tullus Hostilius [the ferocious: not always in a bad way]
22 Interregnum
23 The Albans; Mettius Fufetius
24-25 Battle of the Champions
The Fetiales (see also 1.32)
26 Perduellio
27-29 Mettius Fufetius and the fall of Alba Longa
30-31 Death of Tullus Hostilius (note prodigies)
32-34 Ancus Marcius [internal and military concerns]
32 Fetial formulae
33 War with Latins; assimilation; building
34 Arrival of Lucumo, son of Demaratus of Corinth, from
Etruria
Lucumo renamed Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
35-40 Tarquinius Priscus [internal and military concerns]
35 Election, adlection of new senators, Latin war, Circus
Maximus
36 Sabine war, Attus Navius the augur
37-38 Sabine and Latin wars, buildings
39 Introduction of Servius Tullius
40-48 Servius Tullius [founder of constitution]
39-41 Origin and accession
Assassination of Tarquinius Priscus
Tanaquil nominates Servius as king
42-43 The Servian constitution
42 Victory over Etruscans
43 Differentiation of citizen ranks and army
44 Lustrum; enlargement of city (pomerium),
city wall
45 Temple of Diana (and primacy over Latins)
46-48 Death of Servius Tullius
46-47 Family problems
48 Death and succession
49-60 Tarquinius Superbus [the tyrant]
49 Tyrannical behavior
50-52 Turnus Herdonius and the Latins
53-56 Military activities
53-54 Gabii and treachery
55 Peace with Aequi, war with Etruscans
56 Snake portent and consultation of Delphi
Brutus
57-60 Rape of Lucretia and its outcome
57 Siege of Ardea, young officers visit home
58 Sextus Tarquinius and Lucretia
59 Brutus raises rebellion
60 Tarquinius Superbus and sons exiled
Book 2
Themes to note include the struggle between plebeians and senate, creation of people's champions (tribunes of the people), their behavior and Livy's commentary on it, and frequent references to agrarian (land) legislation; frequency of conflicts with neighboring peoples, especially Volsci, Aequi, and various Etruscans.
1-2 A new beginning
1 Preface (note comment on tribunician agitation)
1-2 Constitutional adjustments
Fasces
Oath
Senate
Rex Sacrorum (King of Sacrifices; cf. King
Archon at Athens)
2 Abdication of Collatinus
3-5 Vindicius and the Conspiracy
5 Digression on the Bona Regia
6-7 War against Veii and Tarquinii
L. Valerius Poplicola
8 More constitutional arrangements
9-15 War against Lars Porsenna
10 Horatius Cocles (for another version of this story, see
Polybius 6.55)
11 The Ambush
12-13 C. Mucius Scaevola; Cloelia
14 Bona Porsennae and Tuscus Vicus
Battle of Aricia
15 Peace with Porsenna
16-18 505-501 BCE
16 Arrival of Attius Clausus (renamed Appius Claudius)
17 War against Pometia and the Aurunci
18 Trouble with Latins; creation of dictatorship
19-21 Battle of Lake Regillus and aftermath
21 Temple of Saturn and the Saturnalia; chronological and
other problems
22-33 The Struggle for the Tribunate
22 Rome and Latium
23-24 The Nexi (citizens forced into slavery by debt)
25-26 Wars with Volsci, Sabines, Aurunci
27-30 Senate vs people
30-31 Wars with Aequi, Volsci, Sabines
31-33 First Secession of the Plebs
Creation of tribunes of the people
Sp. Cassius signs important treaty with the
Latins (the Foedus Cassianum)
33-40 Coriolanus
34-35 Hostility to plebeians
36-40 With Volsci against Rome
41 Sp. Cassius
What happens if you try to extend a land law to Latin
allies
42-51 Discord: The Fabii
44 Speech of App. Claudius and Etruscan debate
45-47 Victory over Veii; M. Fabius refuses a triumph
48-50 Cremera: destruction of the Fabii
51-65 Discord: Volero, Laetorius and App. Claudius
Book 3
1-8 Wars against Aequi and Volsci, interrupted by plague at Rome
9-14 The Lex Terentilia and Trial of K. Quinctius
9 C. Terentilius Harsa proposes that a board of five men
write up laws; Q. Fabius argues against him
10 Triumph over Aequi and Volsci
11-14 Trial of K. Quinctius (Kaeso rendered Caeso in
translation) for obnoxious patrician behavior; (falsely) accused of
striking someone and causing his death; he goes into exile and his father
(Cincinnatus) pays a huge fine by having to forfeit his bail
15-18 Appius Herdonius
App. Herdonius and supporters take over Capitoline; Roman
problems keep them from doing anything about it and they are saved by
Latins from Tusculum
19-21 L. Quinctius Cincinnatus as suffect consul during time of
political unrest
22-23 Various military operations
24-29 Dictatorship of Cincinnatus
Cincinnatus rescues Roman army surrounded by Aequi on Mt.
Algidus
29 The triumph
30-32 Annalistic Notices and Preliminaries to Decemvirate
32 Embassy to Athens
32-42 The Decemvirate
32-34 First year and publication of Ten Tables
35-42 Second year (and more)
38 Debate in the Senate
39 Speech of M. Horatius
40 Speeches of C. Claudius and L. Cornelius
43 L. Siccius Dentatus, the Roman Achilles
44-49 Verginia
50-54 Second Secession of the Plebs
50 Speech of Verginius
52 Speech in the Senate
54 Speech of the envoys, election of Tribunes
Valerio-Horatian Laws
Plebiscita, Provocatio, Sacrosanctitas
(i.e. plebeian plebiscite binding on all
Romans even patricians, right of appeal, sanctity of tribunes)
56-59 Trial of Appius Claudius
60-63 Wars with Aequi, Volsci, Sabines
64-65 Agitation by Tribunes; the Lex Trebonia
67-68 Speech of Quinctius on necessity of concord
69-72 War with Aequi and Volsci
71 The Scaptius affair involving Ardea and Aricia
Book 4
1-6 C. Canuleius
This tribune of the people raised the questions of
plebeians being elected consul, and of intermarriage between patricians
and plebeians
Lex Canuleia (445 BCE) on intermarriage
Consular (military) tribunes first elected
(then elected for 56 of the next 78 years)
7-11 Ardea; Institution of consular tribuneship and the censorship
7 First election of military tribunes
8 Creation of censorship (patrician office)
9-11 Civil/class war at Ardea brings in Romans on
patrician side, Volsci on plebeian
Repopulation of Ardea (after Rome prevails)
with a new colony
12-16 Sp. Maelius
12-13 Plebeian Sp. Maelius tries to offset food shortage
with his own resources
13 Alarmed patricians appoint L. Quinctius Cincinnatus
dictator
14 C. Servilius Ahala, dictator's master of horse, kills
Sp. Maelius when he refuses to be arrested (on charge that he is aiming at
kingship)
15 Speech of Cincinnatus
Aequimaelium (destruction of Maelius' house and
consecration of the place where it stood; an aetiological story)
17-20 A. Cornelius Cossus and the Spolia Opima
17 Roman colony at Fidenae revolts, urged on by Lars
Tolumnius, king of Veii, and Fidenates kill Roman envoys
18-20 Subsequent battle, during which Cossus kills
Tolumnius
20 Dedication of the special spoils and Livy's account of
researches into the matter of spolia opima in general undertaken by
Augustus
21-34 Events of 436-426 BCE
Events include a battle at Fidenae, a supposed Lex de
ambitu (which means a law against excessive electoral canvassing),
dictatorship of A. Postumius and battle of Algidus, and second battle at
Fidenae
[NB To the east, the Peloponnesian war has now broken out]
35-36 Tribunician agitation
37-42 C. Sempronius and Sex. Tempanius
Defeat by Volsci and prosecution of a general
43-47 Military operations of 421-416 BCE
48 App. Claudius defeats agrarian legislation by a clever device
49-51 M. Postumius Regillensis (another unpopular member of his family)
After winning vs Aequi, Postumius refuses to allow his
soldiers the booty, then tries to punish them so harshly that they stone
him to death
Fairly mild punishment followed
52-55 Events of 412-409 BCE
56-57 Dictatorship of P. Cornelius Cossus in war vs. Aequi and Volsci
58-61 Preliminaries of war with Veii
58 Negotiations with Veii after truce had run out
59 In battling Volsci, Cn. Fabius Ambustus (consular
tribune) and his army capture Anxur; he shares booty with all armies
Senate votes to have pay for military service
in future
60 War declared on Veii (405/404 BCE)
[The Peloponnesian war is now over]
Book 5
1-6 Siege of Veii commenced, with interruptions
2 Tribunician protests
3-6 Speech of App. Claudius
7-11 Siege of Veii continues
8 C. Servilius Ahala; defeat of Romans at Veii
10 Proposed co-option of patrician tribunes
11-12 Trial of Sergius and Verginius
12 Religious sanctions against Veii
13 Signs of divine displeasure, and how the Romans dealt with them
14-19 Elections, prodigies (many), draining of Alban Lake
19-23 Capture of Veii (very important) (395 BCE)
M. Furius Camillus (one of early Rome's great heroes)
Ritual of evocatio (calling out the gods of Veii)
and institution of cult of Juno Regina
The cuniculus (tunnel)
Dedication to Apollo at Delphi
24-30 Interlude
24-25 Civil unrest and criticism of Camillus over spoils
and dedication to the god
26-27 Capture of Falerii
28 Embassy to Delphi and the Liparians
29-30 Tribunes' motion to move to Veii
31-32 Prosecution of Camillus
33-35 Clusium and the Invasion of the Gauls
33-35 Gallic migrations (digressions on Etruria and Gauls)
35-55 Rome against the Gauls
35-36 Embassy of the Fabii
37-38 The Allia
39-43 Gallic occupation of Rome (390 BCE)
43-46 Recall of Camillus
47 M. Manlius (afterwards surnamed Capitolinus) and the
geese
48-50 Withdrawal of the Gauls
51-54 Speech of Camillus
55 Rebuilding of Rome