MapsFiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsNotes to the Reader1. Early Italy Italy and the Mediterranean WorldThe EvidenceItaly Before the CityThe Iron Age in Etruria, Latium, and CampaniaGreeks and Phoenicians in the Central MediterraneanThe Rise of CitiesBeginning of WritingAppearance of an EliteCities and Monumental ArchitectureWarfare in the Orientalizing and Archaic PeriodsSocial and Economic OrganizationGreeks and EtruscansGreek Cities of Southern Italy and SicilyEtruscans2. Rome's First Centuries Emergence of an Urban CommunityThe Romans and Their Early HistoryTable 2.1 Dates of Rome's Kings According to VarroBox 2.1 Plutarch, Romulus 11Rome Under the KingsRome and the LatinsThe Early RepublicBeginning of the RepublicRome and Its Neighbors in the Fifth CenturyStruggle of the Orders...