Young Folks' History of Rome
AUTHOR OF THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE, BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS, YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF FRANCE, &c.
BOSTON:
ESTES & LAURIAT,
301 WASHINGTON STREET.
COPYRIGHT BY
D. LOTHROP & CO. and ESTES & LAURIAT.
1880.
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.
Charlotte M. Yonge
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YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY
OF
ROME.
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE,
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF ROME.
CHAPTER I.
ITALY.
CHAPTER II.
THE WANDERINGS OF ÆNEAS.
CHAPTER III.
THE FOUNDING OF ROME.
B.C. 753—713.
CHAPTER IV.
NUMA AND TULLUS.
B.C. 713—618.
CHAPTER V.
THE DRIVING OUT OF THE TARQUINS.
B.C. 578—309.
CHAPTER VI.
THE WAR WITH PORSENA.
CHAPTER VII.
THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT.
CHAPTER VIII.
MENENIUS AGRIPPA'S FABLE.
B.C. 494.
CHAPTER IX.
CORIOLANUS AND CINCINNATUS.
B.C. 458.
CHAPTER X.
THE DECEMVIRS.
B.C. 450.
CHAPTER XI.
CAMILLUS' BANISHMENT.
B.C. 390.
CHAPTER XII.
THE SACK OF ROME.
B.C. 390.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE PLEBEIAN CONSULATE.
B.C. 367.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE DEVOTION OF DECIUS.
B.C. 357
CHAPTER XV.
THE SAMNITE WARS.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE WAR WITH PYRRHUS.
B.C. 280-271.
CHAPTER XVII.
THE FIRST PUNIC WAR.
264-240.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CONQUEST OF CISALPINE GAUL.
240-219.
CHAPTER XIX.
THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
219.
CHAPTER XX.
THE FIRST EASTERN WAR.
215-183.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE CONQUEST OF GREECE, CORINTH, AND CARTHAGE.
179—145.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE GRACCHI.
137-122.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE WARS OF MARIUS.
106-98.
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE ADVENTURES OF MARIUS.
93—84.
CHAPTER XXV.
SULLA'S PROSCRIPTION.
88-71.
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE CAREER OF POMPEIUS.
70-63.
CHAPTER XXVII.
POMPEIUS AND CÆSAR.
61-48.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
JULIUS CÆSAR.
48—44.
JULIUS CÆSAR.
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE SECOND TRIUMVIRATE.
44—33.
CHAPTER XXX.
CÆSAR AUGUSTUS.
B.C. 33—A.D. 14.
CHAPTER XXXI.
TIBERIUS AND CALIGULA.
A.D. 14—41.
CHAPTER XXXII.
CLAUDIUS AND NERO.
A.D. 41-68.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE FLAVIAN FAMILY.
62-96.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE AGE OF THE ANTONINES.
96—194.
CHAPTER XXXV.
THE PRÆTORIAN INFLUENCE.
197—284.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
THE DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE.
284-312.
CONSTANTINE THE GREAT.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CONSTANTINE THE GREAT.
312-337.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
CONSTANTIUS.
337-364.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
VALENTINIAN AND HIS FAMILY.
364-392.
CHAPTER XL.
THEODOSIUS THE GREAT.
392-395.
CHAPTER XLI.
ALARIC THE GOTH.
395-410.
CHAPTER XLII.
THE VANDALS.
403.
CHAPTER XLIII.
ATTILA THE HUN
435-457.
CHAPTER XLIV.
THEODORIC THE OSTROGOTH.
457—561.
CHAPTER XLV.
BELISARIUS.
533-563.
CHAPTER XLVI.
POPE GREGORY THE GREAT.
563—800.
POPE GREGORY THE GREAT.
