Young Folks History of Rome

Young Folks' History of Rome

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Title: Young Folks' History of Rome
Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
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YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY

OF
ROME.
BY
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE,
AUTHOR OF "THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE," "BOOK OF GOLDEN
DEEDS," "YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF FRANCE," &c.
[Illustration]
BOSTON:
ESTES & LAURIAT,
301 WASHINGTON STREET.
COPYRIGHT BY
D. LOTHROP & CO. and ESTES & LAURIAT.
1880.

PREFACE.
This sketch of the History of Rome covers the period till the reign of
Charles the Great as head of the new Western Empire. The history has
been given as briefly as could be done consistently with such details as
can alone make it interesting to all classes of readers.
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE.
1.--Italy 13
2.--The Wanderings of Æneas 21
3.--The Founding of Rome. B.C. 753-713 31
4.--Numa and Tullus. B.C. 713-618 39
5.--The Driving Out of the Tarquins. B.C. 578-309 47
6.--The War with Porsena 55
7.--The Roman Government 66
8.--Menenius Agrippa's Fable. B.C. 494 74
9.--Coriolanus and Cincinnatus. B.C. 458 84
10.--The Decemvirs. B.C. 450 92
11.--Camillus' Banishment 101
12.--The Sack of Rome. B.C. 390 110
13.--The Plebeian Consulate. B.C. 367 119
14.--The Devotion of Decius. B.C. 357 127
15.--The Samnite Wars 135
16.--The War with Pyrrhus. 280-271 144
17.--The First Punic War. 264-240 151
18.--Conquest of Cisalpine Gaul. 240-219 163
19.--The Second Punic War. 219 172

20. The First Eastern War. 215-183 181
21.--The Conquest of Greece, Corinth, and Carthage. 179-145 188
22.--The Gracchi. 137-122 195
23.--The Wars of Marius. 106-98 203
24.--The Adventures of Marius. 93-84 212
25.--Sulla's Proscription. 88-71 220
26.--The Career of Pompeius. 70-63 229
27.--Pompeius and Cæsar. 61-48 242
28.--Julius Cæsar. 48-44 252
29.--The Second Triumvirate. 44-33 263
30.--Cæsar Augustus. B.C. 33 A.D. 14 273
31.--Tiberius and Caligula. A.D. 14-41 285
32.--Claudius and Nero. A.D. 41-68 297
33.--The Flavian Family. 62-96 305
34.--The Age of the Antonines. 96-194 317
35.--The Prætorian Influence. 197-284 326
36.--The Division of the Empire. 284-312 337
37.--Constantine the Great. 312-337 345
38.--Constantius. 337-364 355
39.--Valentinian and his Family. 364-392 364

40.--Theodosius the Great. 392-395 374
41.--Alaric the Goth. 395-410 383
42.--The Vandals. 403 394
43.--Attila the Hun. 435-457 404
44.--Theodoric the Ostrogoth. 457-561 416
45.--Belisarius. 533-563 425
46.--Pope Gregory the Great. 563-800 434

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
The Pope's Doortender. (_Frontispiece._) PAGE.
The Tiber 14
Curious Pottery 15
Jupiter 17
The Coast 23
Mount Etna 25
Carthage 28
Roman Soldier 30
Gladiatorial Shows at a Banquet 34
The Forum 37
Janus 41

Actors 45
Sybil's Cave 50
Brutus condemning his sons 57
Roman Ensigns, Standards, Trumpets etc. 63
Head of Jupiter 68
Female Costumes 70
Female Costumes 71
Senatorial Palace 79
View of a Roman Harbor 81
Roman Camp 87
Ploughing 89
Death of Virginia 95
Chariot Races 98
Arrow Machine 102
Siege Machine 105
Ruins of the Forum at Rome 111
Entry of the Forum Romanum by the Via Sacra 117
Costumes 120
Costume 121
Curtius leaping into the Gulf 125

The Apennines 129
Combat between a Mirmillo and a Samnite 137
Combat between a light armed Gladiator and a Samnite 137
Ancient Rome 141
Pyrrhus 145
Roman Orator 147
Roman Ship 153
Roman Order of Battle 159
The wounded Gaul 165
Hannibal's Vow 168
In the Pyrenees 170
Meeting of Hannibal and Scipio at Zama 173
Archimedes 178
Hannibal 184
Corinth 190
Cornelia and her Sons 196
Roman Centurion 201
Marius 205
One of the Trophies, called of Marius, at the Capitol at Rome 207
The Catapult 215

Island on the Coast 217
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence 223
Cornelius Sulla 225
Coast of Tyre 231
Mountains of Armenia 235
Cicero 238
Colossal Statue of Pompeius of the Palazzo Spada of Rome 239
Pompeius 243
Amphitheatre 246
The Arena 247
Julius Cæsar 253
Cato 254
Funeral Solemnities in the Columbarium of the House of Julius Cæsar
at the Porta Capena in Rome 255
Marcus Antonius 265
Marcus Brutus 268
Alexandria 270
Caius Octavius 272
Statue of Augustus at the Vatican 275
Paintings in the House of Livia 281
Ruins of the Palaces of Tiberius 287

Agrippina 290
Rome in the time of Augustus Cæsar 293
Claudius 298
Nero 301
Arch of Titus 308
Vesuvius previous to the Eruption of A.D. 63 311
Persecution of the Christians 314
Coin of Nero 316