CONTENTS

[BOOK I]
GREECE AND PERSIA. THE DEFENCE
I. [THE MEN OF MARATHON] 2
II. [THE LION KING] 11
III. [IN THE STRAITS] 21
IV. [THE WOODEN WALLS] 29
V. [THE BATTLES ON THE PLAIN AND ON THE SHORE] 44
[BOOK II]
GREECE AND CARTHAGE
I. [THE LORD OF SYRACUSE] 65
II. [THE STORM FROM AFRICA] 75
III. [DIONYSIUS THE TYRANT] 99
IV. [THE DELIVERER FROM CORINTH] 110
[BOOK III]
GREECE AND PERSIA. THE ATTACK
I. [THE FIGHT ON THE RIVER] 123
II. [THE IRRESISTIBLE PHALANX] 135
III. [THE ARMY OF THE HUNDRED PROVINCES] 143
[BOOK IV]
ROME AND CARTHAGE
I. [THE SERVANTS OF MARS] 154
II. [FOR THE RULE OF THE SEA] 159
III. [THE MARTYR PATRIOT] 166
IV. [THE SONS OF LIGHTNING] 174
V. [THE AVALANCHE FROM THE ALPS] 183
VI. [THE DISASTER AT THE LAKE] 194
VII. [THE OVERTHROW AT CANNÆ] 202
VIII. [THE SECRET MARCH] 213
IX. [HANNIBAL'S LAST BATTLE] 224
X. [THE BLOTTING OUT OF CARTHAGE] 232
[BOOK V]
ROME AND THE BARBARIANS. THE RISE
I. [THE DAY OF ALLIA] 242
II. [APOLLO THE DEFENDER] 253
III. [THE SWARM FROM THE NORTH] 261
IV. [BEYOND THE PYRENEES] 275
V. [ACROSS EUPHRATES] 286
VI. [THE CONQUESTS OF CÆSAR] 302
VII. [FURTHEST BRITAIN] 323
VIII. [BEYOND THE RHINE] 331
IX. [THE LAST ADVANCE] 337
[BOOK VI]
ROME AND THE BARBARIANS. THE DECLINE
I. [A CENTURY OF DISGRACE] 343
II. [A CENTURY OF REVIVAL] 357
III. [THREE DEADLY BLOWS] 363
[EPILOGUE] 377