^ . ^oMiuliMil .', ^N\» . V. : ;.%\A^» /^^ ^^ ^^^^C^^ ^C^^Oj.^^, /ifJ. I^^^-'IC LIBRARY «T0«, LE.VOX .^o ANTiaUITIES,ROMAN AND MYTHOLOGY;ANCIENT | CLASSICAL SCHOOLS.FOR DILLAWAY, A. M.CHARLES K. in the Boston Public Latin School.Instructor Bonton: EDMANDS.LINCOLN AND iBABCOCK, BOSTON COLLINS ANDCARTER, HENDEE, AND ; PHILA-KEY AND MEILKE,HANNAY, NEW-YORK ; BALTIMORE.CTJSHING AND SONS,DELPHIA ; 183L J HENEW I YOHK. PUBLIClibbartI ^^'^^^ ANDrnlL^"'T»LO£N FOUMOATJONS • 99 ^^ptir Htk 3^C according to Act of Congress, in the yearEntered 1831, Lincoln & Edmands,By Clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts.In the . PRESS OF JOHN PUTNAM, BOSl-DN. POSITION OF THE PLATES. No. 1, ANTIQUITIES.KOMAN I.CHAPTER division its Inhabitants.iFoundation Rome andof of Romulus and a colony fromRome was founded by Alba Longa, 753 years, as is commonly thought, before the birth of Christ. The people were divided into three tribes, and each tribes was afterwardstribe into ten curiae. The number of increased to thirty-five. separated into two ranksThe people were at first only ; the Patrician and Plebeian, but afterwards the Equites or at a later period, Slavery wasKnights were added, and introduced—making in all, four classes : Patricians, Plebeians, and Slaves.Knights, The Patrician order consisted of those families whose had been members of the Senate.