Rome and Carthage; the birth of the province; the first triumphs over the Sards; the war of Ampiscora; the uprisings of the III century B.C.; the clients of the senators in Sardinia; corruption and trials; Sardinia during the civil war between Caesar and Pompeus; Augustus; Sardinia in the imperial age; the Oppida and the Sardinian populations; the latifundium; Business activities; slaves and freedom in the Sardinian economy; exile to Sardinia; the bronze plate of Esterzili; Sardinia in the late ancient period; the role of Constantine and his successors; the Vandalic era; Roman heredities in medieval Sardinia. Sardinian society: from the Lybian Sards to the Romans; roman roads in Sardinia; the army and the navy; paganism and Christianity.