
The Story of Rome, From the Earliest Times to the Death of Augustus, Told to Boys and Girls
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Chapters (565)
- THE STORY OF ROME
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE STORY OF ROME CHAPTER I THE LADY ROMA
- CHAPTER II THE SHE-WOLF
- CHAPTER III THE TWIN BOYS
- CHAPTER IV NUMITOR RECOGNISES HIS GRANDSONS
- CHAPTER V THE SACRED BIRDS
- CHAPTER VI THE FOUNDING OF ROME
- CHAPTER VII THE SABINE MAIDENS
- CHAPTER VIII THE TARPEIAN ROCK
- CHAPTER IX THE MYSTERIOUS GATE
- CHAPTER X THE KING DISAPPEARS
- CHAPTER XI THE PEACE-LOVING KING
- CHAPTER XII HORATIUS SLAYS HIS SISTER
- CHAPTER XIII THE PRIDE OF TULLUS HOSTILIUS
- CHAPTER XIV THE KING WHO FOUGHT AND PRAYED
- CHAPTER XV THE FAITHLESS FRIEND
- CHAPTER XVI A SLAVE BECOMES A KING
- CHAPTER XVII THE CRUEL DEED OF TULLIA
- CHAPTER XVIII THE FATE OF THE TOWN OF GABII
- CHAPTER XIX THE BOOKS OF THE SIBYL
- CHAPTER XX THE INDUSTRY OF LUCRETIA
- CHAPTER XXI THE DEATH OF LUCRETIA
- CHAPTER XXII THE SONS OF BRUTUS
- CHAPTER XXIII HORATIUS COCLES, OR THE ONE-EYED
- CHAPTER XXIV GAIUS MUCIUS BURNS HIS RIGHT HAND
- CHAPTER XXV THE DIVINE TWINS
- CHAPTER XXVI THE TRIBUNES
- CHAPTER XXVII CORIOLANUS AND HIS MOTHER VETURIA
- CHAPTER XXVIII THE ROMAN ARMY IN A TRAP
- CHAPTER XXIX THE HATED DECEMVIRS
- CHAPTER XXX THE DEATH OF VERGINIA
- CHAPTER XXXI THE FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE
- CHAPTER XXXII CAMILLUS CAPTURES THE CITY OF VEII
- CHAPTER XXXIII THE STATUE OF THE GODDESS
- CHAPTER XXXIV THE SCHOOLMASTER WHO PROVED A TRAITOR
- CHAPTER XXXV THE BATTLE OF ALLIA
- CHAPTER XXXVI THE SACRED GEESE
- CHAPTER XXXVII THE CITY IS REBUILT
- CHAPTER XXXVIII CAMILLUS SETS THE CAMP OF THE VOLSCIANS ON FIRE
- CHAPTER XXXIX THE BATTLE ON THE BANKS OF THE ANIO
- CHAPTER XL THE CURTIAN LAKE
- CHAPTER XLI THE DREAM OF THE TWO CONSULS
- CHAPTER XLII THE CAUDINE FORKS
- CHAPTER XLIII THE DISGRACE OF THE CAUDINE FORKS AVENGED
- CHAPTER XLIV FABIUS AMONG THE CIMINIAN HILLS
- CHAPTER XLV THE BATTLE OF SENTINUM
- CHAPTER XLVI THE SON OF FABIUS LOSES A BATTLE
- CHAPTER XLVII PYRRHUS, KING OF THE EPIROTS
- CHAPTER XLVIII THE ELEPHANTS AT THE BATTLE OF HERACLEA
- CHAPTER XLIX PYRRHUS TRIES TO FRIGHTEN FABRICIUS
- CHAPTER L PYRRHUS IS DEFEATED
- CHAPTER LI THE ROMANS BUILD A FLEET
- CHAPTER LII THE BATTLE OF ECNOMUS
- CHAPTER LIII THE ROMAN LEGIONS IN AFRICA
- CHAPTER LIV REGULUS IS TAKEN PRISONER
- CHAPTER LV THE ROMANS CONQUER THE GAULS
- CHAPTER LVI THE BOY HANNIBAL
- CHAPTER LVII HANNIBAL PREPARES TO INVADE ITALY
- CHAPTER LVIII HANNIBAL CROSSES THE ALPS
- CHAPTER LIX THE BATTLE OF TREBIA
- CHAPTER LX THE BATTLE OF LAKE TRASIMENUS
- CHAPTER LXI HANNIBAL OUTWITS FABIUS
- CHAPTER LXII FABIUS WINS TWO VICTORIES
- CHAPTER LXIII THE BATTLE OF CANNÆ
- CHAPTER LXIV THE DESPAIR OF ROME
- CHAPTER LXV THE DEFEAT OF HASDRUBAL
- CHAPTER LXVI LIVIUS AND CLAUDIUS ENJOY A TRIUMPH
- CHAPTER LXVII THE CAPTURE OF NEW CARTHAGE
- CHAPTER LXVIII SCIPIO SAILS TO AFRICA
- CHAPTER LXIX THE ROMANS SET FIRE TO THE CAMP OF THE NUMIDIANS
- CHAPTER LXX HANNIBAL LEAVES ITALY
- CHAPTER LXXI THE BATTLE OF ZAMA
- CHAPTER LXXII SCIPIO RECEIVES A TRIUMPH
- CHAPTER LXXIII FLAMININUS IS COVERED WITH GARLANDS
- CHAPTER LXXIV THE DEATH OF HANNIBAL
- CHAPTER LXXV THE HATRED OF CATO FOR CARTHAGE
- CHAPTER LXXVI THE STERN DECREE
- CHAPTER LXXVII THE CARTHAGINIANS DEFEND THEIR CITY
- CHAPTER LXXVIII THE DESTRUCTION OF CARTHAGE
- CHAPTER LXXIX CORNELIA, THE MOTHER OF THE GRACCHI
- CHAPTER LXXX TIBERIUS AND HIS FRIEND OCTAVIUS
- CHAPTER LXXXI THE DEATH OF TIBERIUS GRACCHUS
- CHAPTER LXXXII THE DEATH OF GAIUS GRACCHUS
- CHAPTER LXXXIII THE GOLD OF JUGURTHA
- CHAPTER LXXXIV GAIUS MARIUS WINS THE NOTICE OF SCIPIO AFRICANUS
- CHAPTER LXXXV GAIUS MARIUS BECOMES COMMANDER OF THE ARMY
- CHAPTER LXXXVI THE CAPTURE OF JUGURTHA’S TREASURE TOWNS
- CHAPTER LXXXVII THE CAPTURE OF JUGURTHA
- CHAPTER LXXXVIII JUGURTHA IS BROUGHT TO ROME IN CHAINS
- CHAPTER LXXXIX MARIUS CONQUERS THE TEUTONES
- CHAPTER XC MARIUS MOCKS THE AMBASSADORS OF THE CIMBRI
- CHAPTER XCI METELLUS IS DRIVEN FROM ROME
- CHAPTER XCII SULLA ENTERS ROME WITH HIS TROOPS
- CHAPTER XCIII THE FLIGHT OF MARIUS
- CHAPTER XCIV THE GAUL DARES NOT KILL GAIUS MARIUS
- CHAPTER XCV MARIUS RETURNS TO ROME
- CHAPTER XCVI THE ORATOR ARISTION
- CHAPTER XCVII SULLA BESIEGES ATHENS
- CHAPTER XCVIII SULLA SAVES ROME FROM THE SAMNITES
- CHAPTER XCIX THE PROSCRIPTIONS OF SULLA
- CHAPTER C THE GLADIATORS’ REVOLT
- CHAPTER CI THE PIRATES
- CHAPTER CII POMPEY GOES TO WAR WITH MITHRIDATES
- CHAPTER CIII CICERO DISCOVERS THE CATILINARIAN CONSPIRACY
- CHAPTER CIV THE DEATH OF THE CONSPIRATORS
- CHAPTER CV JULIUS CÆSAR IS CAPTURED BY PIRATES
- CHAPTER CVI CÆSAR GIVES UP HIS TRIUMPH
- CHAPTER CVII CÆSAR PRAISES HIS TENTH LEGION
- CHAPTER CVIII CÆSAR WINS A GREAT VICTORY OVER THE NERVII
- CHAPTER CIX CÆSAR INVADES BRITAIN
- CHAPTER CX CÆSAR CROSSES THE RUBICON
- CHAPTER CXI CÆSAR AND THE PILOT
- CHAPTER CXII THE FLIGHT OF POMPEY
- CHAPTER CXIII CATO DIES RATHER THAN YIELD TO CÆSAR
- CHAPTER CXIV CÆSAR IS LOADED WITH HONOURS
- CHAPTER CXV THE NOBLES PLOT AGAINST CÆSAR
- CHAPTER CXVI THE ASSASSINATION OF CÆSAR
- CHAPTER CXVII BRUTUS SPEAKS TO THE CITIZENS
- CHAPTER CXVIII MARK ANTONY SPEAKS TO THE CITIZENS
- CHAPTER CXIX THE SECOND TRIUMVIRATE
- CHAPTER CXX THE BATTLE OF PHILIPPI
- CHAPTER CXXI THE DEATH OF BRUTUS
- CHAPTER CXXII ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
- CHAPTER CXXIII THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM
- CHAPTER CXXIV ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA DIE
- CHAPTER CXXV THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS
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