TABLES 1. Outline of the later centuriate organization / 112 2. Total manpower for the regions of Italy 225 B.C. / 365 MAPS 1. Physical map of Italy / 8 2. Linguistic groups of Italy c. 350 B.C. / 11 3. Map of prehistoric sites / 17 4. The ancient Mediterranean / 30 5. Greek colonization in Sicily and Southern Italy / 33 6. Etruria / 40 7. Rome / 81 8. Latium / 185 9. The Samnite tribes and neighboring ethnic groups / 282 10. Roman territory and colonization c. 250 B.C. / 364 FIGURES 1. Biconical Villanovan ash-urn covered with a helmet / 26 2. Hut-shaped cremation urns / 55 tables and illustrations ix 3. Scene from the Fran˛ cois Tomb at Vulci depicting Macstrna and Caile Vipinas / 104 4. Etruscan god of the underworld wearing a wolf’s head / 134 5. Bronze model of a sheep’s liver / 140 6. Chronological distribution of new clans attaining high office / 165 7. Terracotta cult statue of Apollo from Veii / 247 8. Horseshoe-shaped sandstone funerary stela from Felsina / 252 9. Ficoroni Cista from Praeneste / 317 10. The Romano-Campanian didrachms / 337 x tables and illustrations ...