Excerpt from A History of Rome: From the Tribunate of Tiberius Gracchus to the End of the Jugurthine War B. C. 133 104 Characteristics of the period, 1. Recent changes in the conditions of Roman life, 2. Close of the period of expansion by means of colonies or land assignments, 3. Reasons for social discontent, 10. The life of the wealthier classes, 11. The expenses of political life, 23. Attempts to check luxury, 27. Motives for gain amongst the upper classes, 31. Means of acquiring wealth Open to members of the nobility, 32; those Open to members of the com mercial class, 41. The political influence of the Equites, 47. The business life of Rome; finance and banking, 49. Foreign trade, 53. The condition of the small traders, 55. Agriculture, 58. Diminution in the numbers of peasant pro prietors, 59. The Latifundium and the new agricultural ideal, 64. Growth of pasturage, 66. Causes of the changes in the tenure of land, 69. The system of possession, 73. Future prospects of agriculture, 78. Slave labour,81; dangers attending its employment; revolts of slaves in Italy, 86. The servile war in Sicily (circa 140-131 89. The need for reform. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.