Excerpt from History of the Roman People

The history here presented has preeminently the charm, so characteristic of French historical writing, of graphic presentation. This quality in it will be found not the least among its reasons for claiming a place among the many Roman histories now in the field.

The task of the American editor has been a simple one. His aim has been to fit the French work to American classroom use. The judgments of M. Seignobos have not been altered in the text. A divergent view has occasionally been alluded to in a note by the editor.

Some slight additions have been made. These, in the body of the text are indicated by an asterisk, and in the notes by brackets. The original work was carried only through the reign of Theodosius I. As the requirements of our American schools call for a treatment of the period from that time to Charlemagne, such an addition will be found in Chapters XXVIII-XXXII. In these chapters there is no claim to originality, even of presentation, owing to the extreme conciseness necessary.

Some omissions have been made from the French work. The wealth of anecdotal material was very great, and some of this has been dropped; not a little of the detail of military movements has also been left out.

To each chapter has been appended a short list of sources in English, so far as such are available, and of suggestions for parallel reading.

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