BOOK I (second half of the 8th century BC): Aeneas in Latium, the founding of Lavinium and Alba Longa; the brothers Romulus and Remus, the founding of Rome. Numa.

BOOK II (7th-6th century BC): Victory of Rome over Alba Longa; the rise and fall of the Tarquins. The prophecies of the Sibyl and other oracles.

BOOK III (509 BC): Brutus and his colleagues Collatinus and Valerius.

BOOK IV (504-494 BC): Attacks from neighboring peoples. Clash between patricians and plebeians, internal strife, victories over enemies, and reconciliation.

BOOK V (493-449 BC): The story of Coriolanus, the heroic self-sacrifice of the Fabii, Cincinnatus and the creation of the Twelve Tables law.

BOOK VI (445-391 BC): New divisions; the institutions of the tribunes and the censor. Famine, attempts to impose tyranny, Cincinnatus's saving intervention. Victory and death of Postumius. Successes of Camillus and the hatred of the people against him.

BOOK VII (391-328 BC): Sack of Rome and the siege of the Capitol by the Gauls. New successes of Camillus and the emergence of Torquatus. The gap of the earth and the prophecy for the dominance of Rome.

BOOK VIII (325-283 BC): Battles with the Samnites, humiliating defeat and triumph. Omens in favor of Rome.

BOOK IX (283-280 BC): Crisis in the relations between Tarentum and Rome. Invitation of King Pyrrhus by the Tarentines. Campaign in Italy and victory of Pyrrhus, negotiations with the Romans.

BOOK X (279-265 BC): Defeat of Pyrrhus in Apulia and his invitation to Sicily. His withdrawal from Sicily and then from Tarentum. Roman victories and dominance in the Italian peninsula.

BOOK XI (264-251 BC): Beginning of the First Punic War. Conflicts in Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica; landing of Romans on the African territories of Carthage; negotiations.