The Comic History of Rome

Name: The Comic History of Rome
Author: Gilbert Abbott À Beckett

by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett

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Chapters (137)

PREFACE
CONTENTS.
ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL.
ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD.
THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME.
CHAPTER THE FIRST.
FROM THE FOUNDATION OF ROME TO THE DEATH OF ROMULUS.
CHAPTER THE SECOND.
FROM THE ACCESSION OF NUMA POMPILIUS TO THE DEATH OF ANCUS MARTIUS.
CHAPTER THE THIRD.
FROM THE ACCESSION OF TARQUINIUS PRISCUS TO THE DEATH OF SERVIUS TULLIUS.
CHAPTER THE FOURTH.
FROM THE ACCESSION OF TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS TO THE BANISHMENT OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, AND THE ABOLITION OF THE KINGLY DIGNITY.
CHAPTER THE FIFTH.
FROM THE BANISHMENT OF TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS TO THE BATTLE OF LAKE REGILLUS.
CHAPTER THE SIXTH.
FROM THE BATTLE OF THE LAKE REGILLUS TO THE CLOSE OF THE WAR WITH THE VOLSCIANS.
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH.
FROM THE CLOSE OF THE WAR WITH THE VOLSCIANS TO THE PASSING OF THE BILL OF TERENTILLUS.
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH.
FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DECEMVIRATE TO THE TAKING OF VEII.
CHAPTER THE NINTH.
FROM THE TAKING OF ROME BY THE GAULS, TO ITS SUBSEQUENT PRESERVATION BY MANLIUS.
CHAPTER THE TENTH.
FROM THE TRIBUNESHIP OF C. LICINIUS TO THE DEFEAT OF THE GAULS BY VALERIUS.
CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH.
FROM THE FIRST WAR AGAINST THE SAMNITES TO THE PASSING OF THE LAWS OF PUBLILIUS.
CHAPTER THE TWELFTH.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND TO THE END OF THE THIRD SAMNITE WAR.
CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH.
ON THE PEACEFUL OCCUPATIONS OF THE ROMANS. FROM SCARCITY OF SUBJECT, NECESSARILY A VERY SHORT CHAPTER.
CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH.
FROM THE END OF THE THIRD SAMNITE WAR TO THE SUBJUGATION OF ALL ITALY BY THE ROMANS.
CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH.
THE FIRST PUNIC WAR.
CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH.
SOME MISCELLANEOUS WARS OF ROME.
CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH.
THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
CHAPTER THE EIGHTEENTH.
CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
CHAPTER THE NINETEENTH.
WAR WITH THE MACEDONIANS. PROCLAMATION OF THE FREEDOM OF GREECE BY FLAMINIUS. WAR WITH ANTIOCHUS. DEATH OF HANNIBAL, AND OF SCIPIO AFRICANUS.
CHAPTER THE TWENTIETH.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. MORALS, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND STATE OF THE DRAMA AND LITERATURE AMONG THE ROMANS.
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIRST.
WARS AGAINST PERSEUS. THE THIRD PUNIC WAR. SIEGE AND DESTRUCTION OF CARTHAGE, AND DITTO DITTO OF CORINTH.
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SECOND.
WARS IN SPAIN. VIRIATHUS. DESTRUCTION OF NUMANTIA. THE SERVILE WAR IN SICILY. APPROPRIATION OF PERGAMUS.
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-THIRD
THE GRACCHI AND THEIR MOTHER. RISE AND FALL OF TIBERIUS AND CAIUS GRACCHUS.
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FOURTH.
THE JUGURTHINE WAR. WAR AGAINST THE CIMBRI AND TEUTONI.
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIFTH.
MITHRIDATES, SULLA, MARIUS, CINNA, ET CÆTERA.
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SIXTH.
DEATH OF CINNA. RETURN OF SULLA TO ROME. C. PAPIRIUS CARBO. DICTATORSHIP OF SULLA.
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SEVENTH.
REACTION AGAINST THE POLICY OF SULLA. SERVICES OF Q. SERTORIUS. METELLUS. CN. POMPEY. SPIRITED STEPS OF SPARTACUS. THE IRATE PIRATE.
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-EIGHTH.
THE THIRD MITHRIDATIC WAR. DEPOSITION AND DEATH OF MITHRIDATES.
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-NINTH.
CONSPIRACY OF CATILINE. INTRODUCTION OF CICERO. CÆSAR, POMPEY, CRASSUS, AND CO.
CHAPTER THE THIRTIETH.
OVERTHROW OF CRASSUS. DEFEAT OF POMPEY. DICTATORSHIP AND DEATH OF CÆSAR. END OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC.
WORKS PUBLISHED BY
BRADBURY AND EVANS.
"ONCE A WEEK."
THE NATURE-PRINTED BRITISH SEA-WEEDS.
THE NATURE-PRINTED BRITISH FERNS.
SELECTIONS FROM THE PLAYS OF SHAKSPEARE.
A LITTLE TOUR IN IRELAND.
MR. BRIGGS AND HIS DOINGS (FISHING). A SERIES OF TWELVE COLOURED PLATES.
THE ROMAN REPUBLIC;
THE WORKS OF WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR.
IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS OF GREEKS AND ROMANS.
ANTONY AND OCTAVIUS: SCENES FOR THE STUDY.
LAST FRUIT OFF AN OLD TREE.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ITALIAN REBEL.
A DESCRIPTIVE DICTIONARY OF THE INDIAN ISLANDS, &C.
WORKS BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS.
CHEAP EDITION OF THE WORKS OF MR. CHARLES DICKENS.
CHRISTMAS STORIES OF CHARLES DICKENS.
BOOKS FOR MR. DICKENS'S READINGS.
COMPLETE LIBRARY EDITION OF THE WORKS OF MR. CHARLES DICKENS.
WORKS OF DOUGLAS JERROLD.
THE COLLECTED EDITION
THE WRITINGS OF DOUGLAS JERROLD.
THE FOLLOWING ARE PUBLISHED SEPARATELY:—
FOUR PORTRAITS OF DOUGLAS JERROLD.
VALUABLE WORKS OF REFERENCE.
CONDUCTED BY CHARLES KNIGHT.
THE CYCLOPÆDIA OF BIOGRAPHY.
THE CYCLOPÆDIA OF GEOGRAPHY.
THE CYCLOPÆDIA OF NATURAL HISTORY.
THE CYCLOPÆDIA OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
NATURE-PRINTED BRITISH FERNS AND SEA-WEEDS.
OCTAVO NATURE-PRINTED BRITISH FERNS.
NATURE-PRINTED BRITISH SEA-WEEDS.
ILLUSTRATED WORKS.
PICTURES OF LIFE AND CHARACTER.
YOUNG TROUBLESOME; Or, MASTER JACKY'S HOLIDAYS.
THE FOREIGN TOUR OF MESSRS. BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON.
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ENGLISH.
THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME.
SPORTING WORKS.
WITH COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, AND NUMEROUS WOODCUTS,
MR. SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR.
HANDLEY CROSS; Or, MR. JORROCKS'S HUNT.
ASK MAMMA; Or, THE RICHEST COMMONER IN ENGLAND.
PLAIN, OR RINGLETS?
MR. BRIGGS AND HIS DOINGS. (FISHING.)
WORKS BY W. M. THACKERAY.
THE VIRGINIANS.
THE NEWCOMES.
VANITY FAIR.
PENDENNIS.
HISTORY OF SAMUEL TITMARSH.
A COLLECTED EDITION OF MR. THACKERAY'S EARLY WRITINGS.
MISCELLANIES IN PROSE AND VERSE.
WORKS ON GARDENING AND BOTANY.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
MISCELLANEOUS WORKS.
CHARLES KNIGHT'S
POPULAR HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

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