Excerpt from An Epitome of Niebuhr's History of Rome, Vol. 2: With Chronological Tables and an Appendix The third volume of the History of Rome, to the future publication of which Niebuhr alludes in his preface to the second, and which he had intended to complete after a short interval of rest, has not been transmitted to us in the perfection of the original design. Before the final revision could take place, the author was no more, and the hand, the last touches of which were still wanting to give full life to the work, was itself at rest for ever. For those, however, who love to look into the mirror of the past, and to trace the working of the political and social as well as of the moral laws of this world, whose delight it may have been to accompany Niebuhr in his researches into the dark and mysterious period of Roman history, and not to start away and leave him whenever he has led them forth into the light, it must doubtless have been a consolation, though a painful one, to know, that though the eye which had pierced through the mist was now quenched in slumber, it had surveyed the path for some distance in advance, and had noted down its observations for their guidance. 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.