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How Rome was founded[7]
The Sabine Virgins[14]
The Horatii and Curiatii[22]
The Dynasty of the Tarquins[26]
The Books of the Sibyl[32]
The Story of Lucretia[36]
How Brave Horatius kept the Bridge[43]
The Battle of Lake Regillus[50]
The Revolt of the People[54]
The Revenge of Coriolanus[60]
Cincinnatus and the Æquians[68]
The Sacrifice of Virginia[75]
Camillus at the Siege of Veii[87]
The Gauls at Rome[94]
The Curtian Gulf[105]
Anecdotes of the Latin and Samnite Wars[108]
The Caudine Forks[116]
The Fate of Regulus[126]
Hannibal crosses the Alps[135]
How Hannibal fought and died[145]
Archimedes at the Siege of Syracuse[152]
The Fate of Carthage[158]
The Gracchi and their Fall[165]
Jugurtha, the Purchaser of Rome[173]
The Exile and Revenge of Marius[180]
The Proscription of Sulla[191]
The Revolt of the Gladiators[198]
Cæsar and the Pirates[204]
Cæsar and Pompey[208]
The Assassination of Cæsar[218]
Antony and Cleopatra[227]
An Imperial Monster[236]
The Murder of an Empress[243]
Boadicea, the Heroine of Britain[250]
Rome swept by Flames[255]
The Doom of Nero[262]
The Sports of the Amphitheatre[272]
The Reign of a Glutton[280]
The Faithful Eponina[289]
The Siege of Jerusalem[293]
The Destruction of Pompeii[301]
An Imperial Savage[309]
The Deeds of Constantine[319]
The Goths cross the Danube[325]
The Downfall of Rome[331]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

ROMAN.

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The Castle of St. Angelo[Frontispiece.]
Rome from the Dome of St. Peter's[18]
The Forum of Rome[26]
Brutus Ordering the Execution of His Sons[40]
Horatius Keeping the Bridge[46]
The Sacrifice of Virginia[75]
Ruins of the Roman Aqueducts[106]
Hannibal Crossing the Alps[139]
The Baths of Caracalla[150]
The Assassination of Cæsar[218]
Antony's Oration Over Cæsar[224]
The Galley of Cleopatra[230]
The Tomb of Hadrian[260]
A Roman Chariot Race[275]
The Coliseum at Rome[282]
The Jews' Wailing Place, Jerusalem[294]
The Ruins of Pompeii[306]
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius[309]
Arch of Titus, Rome[320]
The Last Combat of the Gladiators[333]

HOW ROME WAS FOUNDED.

Very far back in time, more than twenty-six hundred years ago, on the banks of a small Italian river, known as the Tiber, were laid the foundations of a city which was in time to become the conqueror of the civilized world. Of the early days of this renowned city of Rome we know very little. What is called its history is really only legend,—stories invented by poets, or ancient facts which became gradually changed into romances. The Romans believed them, but that is no reason why we should. They believed many things which we doubt. And yet these romantic stories are the only existing foundation-stones of actual Roman history, and we can do no better than give them for what little kernel of fact they may contain.