Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-214) and index.

Foreword -- Introduction : Rome's foundation and rise to greatness -- Rome in its infancy -- Rome's geographic setting / Donald R. Dudley ; Rome's legendary founding / Antony Kamm ; Rome's early neighbors / Michael Crawford ; Kings and kingmakers of the Roman monarchy / T.J. Cornell -- Early Roman Rebublic -- Establishment of the Roman Republic / Will Durant ; Early Roman army / Peter Connolly ; Rome unifies the Italian Peninsula / Chester G. Starr ; Rome's first military encounter with the Greeks / John Warry -- Punic Wars -- First Punic War and its aftermath / Michael Rostovtzeff ; Second Punic War rocks the known world / Michael Grant ; Rome's worst defeat : the Battle of Cannae / Brian Caven ; Rome defeats a defecting ally / Robert B. Kebric ; Romans annihilate Carthage / Serge Lancel -- Conquest of the Greeks -- Roman and Greek military systems compared / Archer Jones ; Rome's subjugation of the Greeks begins / Arthur E.R. Boak & William G. Sinnigen ; Mainland Greece falls under Roman control / Max Cary ; Rome absorbs and is transformed by Greek culture / L.P. Wilkinson.