The History of Nations - v. 3 Author:Henry Cabot Lodge Volume: v. 3 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1906 Original Publisher: J.D. Morris and Company Subjects: World history History / General History / United States / General History / World Juvenile Nonfiction / History / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no ... more »illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Chapter IV ROME AND THE OTHER ITALIAN POWERS DURING THE REGAL PERIOD. 753-509 B. C. THE steps by which Rome rose to the proud position of head state in Latium, the union of the Latin communities under her headship, the extension alike of Latin territory and of the city of Rome, and her early relations with the Etruscans and Greeks, cannot now be described, save in faint outline. We may, however, briefly summarize the results, the details of which have either been buried in oblivion or falsified by mythical legend. Firstly, those Latin communities situated on the Upper Tiber, and between the Tiber and the Anio -- Antemnae, Crustumerium, Ficul- nea, Medullia, Caenina, Corniculum, Cameria, Collatia, which on the east side sorely hampered Rome -- were very early subjugated; the only one which retained its independence was Momentum, probably by alliance with Rome. Constant war was waged between the Romans and the Etruscan people of Veii for the possession of Fidenae, on the left (Latin) bank of the Tiber, about five miles from Rome, but apparently without the Romans becoming permanent masters of this important outpost. Secondly, Alba was conquered and destroyed; to her position as the recognized political head and sacred metropolis of Latium, Rome succeeded. Rome thus became president of the Latin league of thirty cantons, and the seat of the religious ceremonial observed at the Latin festival. An alliance was conc...« less