The world's leading conquerors

by Wilson Lloyd Bevan

CONTENTS

ALEXANDER THE GREAT		PAGE
I	Introductory	[3]
II	The Conquest of Greece	[4]
III	The Conquest of Persia	[17]
IV	The Invasion of India	[34]
V	Alexander’s Empire	[48]
CÆSAR
I	Cæsar’s Beginnings	[65]
II	Alliance with Pompeius and Crassus	[75]
III	The Conquest of Gaul	[84]
IV	The Break with Pompeius and the Senate	[102]
V	Cæsar Supreme	[119]
CHARLES THE GREAT
I	Introductory	[134]
II	Consolidation of Rule	[140]
III	The Conquest of the Saxons	[144]
IV	Other Military Achievements	[150]
V	The Re-establishment of the Western Empire	[158]
VI	Closing Years	[166]
VII	The Constitution of the Empire	[172]
VIII	Carolingian Culture	[180]
IX	Economic Conditions	[189]
X	The Church	[198]
XI	The Empire Without and Within	[203]
THE OTTOMANS
I	Osman	[213]
II	Murad I	[219]
III	Bajesid	[235]
IV	Murad II	[244]
V	Mohammed II	[253]
VI	Selim and Souliman	[272]
VII	The Decline of the Ottomans	[280]
SPANISH CONQUERORS
I	The Spaniard and the New World	[293]
II	The Career of Cortez	[322]
III	The Incas	[350]
IV	Pizarro	[357]
NAPOLEON
I	Early Years	[371]
II	Italy and Egypt	[379]
III	The Fall of the Directory	[388]
IV	The First Consul	[393]
V	The Inauguration of the Empire	[407]
VI	At the Zenith of Power	[418]
VII	The Beginning of the End	[426]
VIII	Defeat and Exile	[433]
IX	The Napoleonic Régime	[448]
INDEX		[465]