1900

Flight of the Persians after Marathon.

PREFACE

I have told again in this volume some familiar stories, using mostly the original authorities, but availing myself, where it was possible, of the help of Plutarch, whose biographies are always rich in picturesque details. These narratives never lose their interest, and they have this special significance, that they illustrate what we all at least desire to believe, that results of abiding good come out of the losses and sorrows of war. I have sought to draw out this thought with some detail in my Epilogue.

A.J.C.
Ightham, Sevenoaks.
September 8, 1900.

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

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