CONTENTS
I.
ONCE UPON A TIME
The old king at Troy—Paris, the wayward youth—Helen carried off—The
war of ten years—Æneas, son of Anchises, goes to Italy—His death—
Fact and fiction in early stories—How Milton wrote about early
England—How Æneas was connected with England—Virgil writes about
Æneas—How Livy wrote about Æneas—Was Æneas a son of Venus?—Italy, as
Æneas would have seen it—Greeks in Italy—How Evander came from
Arcadia—How Æneas died—Thirty cities rise—Twins and a she-wolf—
Trojan names in Italy—How the Romans named their children and
themselves.
II.
HOW THE SHEPHERDS BEGAN THE CITY
Augury resorted to—Romulus and Remus on two hills—Vultures determine a question—Pales, god of the shepherds—Beginning the city—Celer killed—An asylum—Bachelors want wives—A game of wife-snatching— Sabines wish their daughters back—Tarpeia on the hill—A duel between two hills—Two men named Curtius—Women interfere for peace—Where did Romulus go?—Society divided by Romulus—Numa Pompilius chosen king— Laws of religion given the people—Guilds established—The year divided into months—Tullus Hostilius king—Six brothers fight—Horatia killed —Ancus Martius king—The wooden bridge.
III.
HOW CORINTH GAVE ROME A NEW DYNASTY
Magna Græcia—Cypselus, the democratic politician—Demaratus goes to Tarquinii—Etruscan relics—Lucomo's cap lifted—Lucomo changes his name—A Greek king of Rome—A circus and other great public works—A light around a boy's head—Servius Tullius king—How the kingdom passed from the Etruscan dynasty.