Show ROME THE BUILDER ITS HISTORY RECORDS bioti OF foreign peoples were drought brought lnor ideal deal government to the satisfaction a is of All italy and gaul doth coth cases in point how flow roman civilization stretched ched out its tendrils from the throbbing nerve ce center liter rome and brought into nto peaceful subjugation tho the barbarity tit of til al europe supplanting tribal rut rul with willi municipal culture cul turo without once otc etc outraging raging the tha traditions of the con luoren tribes was the story told by bv prof james smith held of the uni uni varsity of cambridge england before lie lowell institute in his lecture on the ho municipal pal side of the roman ein pi pire re prof hold declared that the idon idea which once was so widespread among historians and students of roman con editions dit ions that the romans maintained but one form of govert loverti bent for tho the i has been overthrown by no now evidences on the subject in the form if f fragments of various forms of lodes codes of municipal law A notable ax ample tho one where the most moat com coin pleto code remains to posterity Is the th old greek city of tarentum Taren tum whose municipal code when it came under the he roman franchise Is practically I 1 Pom complete the romans would not la lay y 4 lown a general rule for tile the govern elit of their municipalities but each was adapted to tho the needs of the community and the phase of its civi civilize liza loll ion scholars little recognize the amount amoun t of work which the romans had to do lir civilizing italy itself its elf without in iny way practicing tyranny the ro 1 nans first Latini zed and then roman ned the cities coming under their sway under augustus the municipal j transformation of tile the roman empire T vas ai carried on at a rapid pace tho the tellious Telli T employed wore were el elest estic lc gaul was an all evidence of the justice and tol rence fence 0 of the roman jurisdiction its haefs accepting the roman culture with a preparedness which was due to f their heir greek laming Nar ning derived from the liel hellenic lenic city of marseilles in south ern rn france and the other greek creek cities tv which spread down tile the spanish coast tho the romans handled tenderly tholia th the olra tra d irions of ill tribes of the region de pon ling apoy gradual civilization rather than the forcing of their customs upon tho the people many important towns and cities of modern frana france have risen from these original roman cities parts paris itself deriving its name the tribe of parlell Parl sll sil |