CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I.THE LADY ROMA[1]
II.THE SHE-WOLF[4]
III.THE TWIN BOYS[6]
IV.NUMITOR RECOGNISES HIS GRANDSON[8]
V.THE SACRED BIRDS[10]
VI.THE FOUNDING OF ROME[12]
VII.THE SABINE MAIDENS[14]
VIII.THE TARPEIAN ROCK[17]
IX.THE MYSTERIOUS GATE[19]
X.THE KING DISAPPEARS[22]
XI.THE PEACE-LOVING KING[24]
XII.HORATIUS SLAYS HIS SISTER[28]
XIII.THE PRIDE OF TULLUS HOSTILIUS[31]
XIV.THE KING WHO FOUGHT AND PRAYED[33]
XV.THE FAITHLESS FRIEND[35]
XVI.A SLAVE BECOMES A KING[38]
XVII.THE CRUEL DEED OF TULLIA[40]
XVIII.THE FATE OF THE TOWN OF GABII[43]
XIX.THE BOOKS OF THE SIBYL[46]
XX.THE INDUSTRY OF LUCRETIA[48]
XXI.THE DEATH OF LUCRETIA[50]
XXII.THE SONS OF BRUTUS[52]
XXIII.HORATIUS COCLES, OR THE ONE-EYED[55]
XXIV.GAIUS MUCIUS BURNS HIS RIGHT HAND[60]
XXV.THE DIVINE TWINS[63]
XXVI.THE TRIBUNES[66]
XXVII.CORIOLANUS AND HIS MOTHER VETURIA[68]
XXVIII.THE ROMAN ARMY IN A TRAP[73]
XXIX.THE HATED DECEMVIRS[77]
XXX.THE DEATH OF VERGINIA[80]
XXXI.THE FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE[85]
XXXII.CAMILLUS CAPTURES THE CITY OF VEII[88]
XXXIII.THE STATUE OF THE GODDESS[92]
XXXIV.THE SCHOOLMASTER WHO PROVED A TRAITOR[94]
XXXV.THE BATTLE OF ALLIA[97]
XXXVI.THE SACRED GEESE[99]
XXXVII.THE CITY IS REBUILT[105]
XXXVIII.CAMILLUS SETS THE CAMP OF THE VOLSCIANS ON FIRE[109]
XXXIX.THE BATTLE ON THE BANKS OF THE ANIO[111]
XL.THE CURTIAN LAKE[116]
XLI.THE DREAM OF THE TWO CONSULS[119]
XLII.THE CAUDINE FORKS[124]
XLIII.THE DISGRACE OF THE CAUDINE FORKS AVENGED[129]
XLIV.FABIUS AMONG THE CIMINIAN HILLS[131]
XLV.THE BATTLE OF SENTINUM[135]
XLVI.THE SON OF FABIUS LOSES A BATTLE[138]
XLVII.PYRRHUS, KING OF THE EPIROTS[141]
XLVIII.THE ELEPHANTS AT THE BATTLE OF HERACLEA[145]
XLIX.PYRRHUS TRIES TO FRIGHTEN FABRICIUS[149]
L.PYRRHUS IS DEFEATED[153]
LI.THE ROMANS BUILD A FLEET[155]
LII.THE BATTLE OF ECNOMUS[159]
LIII.THE ROMAN LEGIONS IN AFRICA[161]
LIV.REGULUS IS TAKEN PRISONER[164]
LV.THE ROMANS CONQUER THE GAULS[168]
LVI.THE BOY HANNIBAL[172]
LVII.HANNIBAL PREPARES TO INVADE ITALY[176]
LVIII.HANNIBAL CROSSES THE ALPS[178]
LIX.THE BATTLE OF TREBIA[183]
LX.THE BATTLE OF LAKE TRASIMENUS[187]
LXI.HANNIBAL OUTWITS FABIUS[192]
LXII.FABIUS WINS TWO VICTORIES[197]
LXIII.THE BATTLE OF CANNÆ[200]
LXIV.THE DESPAIR OF ROME[203]
LXV.THE DEFEAT OF HASDRUBAL[208]
LXVI.LIVIUS AND CLAUDIUS ENJOY A TRIUMPH[213]
LXVII.THE CAPTURE OF NEW CARTHAGE[215]
LXVIII.SCIPIO SAILS TO AFRICA[220]
LXIX.THE ROMANS SET FIRE TO THE CAMP OF THE NUMIDIANS[223]
LXX.HANNIBAL LEAVES ITALY[226]
LXXI.THE BATTLE OF ZAMA[229]
LXXII.SCIPIO RECEIVES A TRIUMPH[231]
LXXIII.FLAMININUS IS COVERED WITH GARLANDS[233]
LXXIV.THE DEATH OF HANNIBAL[238]
LXXV.THE HATRED OF CATO FOR CARTHAGE[243]
LXXVI.THE STERN DECREE[246]
LXXVII.THE CARTHAGINIANS DEFEND THEIR CITY[249]
LXXVIII.THE DESTRUCTION OF CARTHAGE[253]
LXXIX.CORNELIA, THE MOTHER OF THE GRACCHI[258]
LXXX.TIBERIUS AND HIS FRIEND OCTAVIUS[261]
LXXXI.THE DEATH OF TIBERIUS GRACCHUS[266]
LXXXII.THE DEATH OF GAIUS GRACCHUS[269]
LXXXIII.THE GOLD OF JUGURTHA[278]
LXXXIV.GAIUS MARIUS WINS THE NOTICE OF SCIPIO AFRICANUS[281]
LXXXV.GAIUS MARIUS BECOMES COMMANDER OF THE ARMY[283]
LXXXVI.THE CAPTURE OF JUGURTHA’S TREASURE TOWNS[287]
LXXXVII.THE CAPTURE OF JUGURTHA[290]
LXXXVIII.JUGURTHA IS BROUGHT TO ROME IN CHAINS[294]
LXXXIX.MARIUS CONQUERS THE TEUTONES[297]
XC.MARIUS MOCKS THE AMBASSADORS OF THE CIMBRI[303]
XCI.METELLUS IS DRIVEN FROM ROME[307]
XCII.SULLA ENTERS ROME WITH HIS TROOPS[311]
XCIII.THE FLIGHT OF MARIUS[315]
XCIV.THE GAUL DARES NOT KILL GAIUS MARIUS[318]
XCV.MARIUS RETURNS TO ROME[320]
XCVI.THE ORATOR ARISTION[325]
XCVII.SULLA BESIEGES ATHENS[328]
XCVIII.SULLA SAVES ROME FROM THE SAMNITES[331]
XCIX.THE PROSCRIPTIONS OF SULLA[334]
C.THE GLADIATORS’ REVOLT[337]
CI.THE PIRATES[341]
CII.POMPEY GOES TO WAR WITH MITHRIDATES[345]
CIII.CICERO DISCOVERS THE CATILINARIAN CONSPIRACY[350]
CIV.THE DEATH OF THE CONSPIRATORS[353]
CV.JULIUS CÆSAR IS CAPTURED BY PIRATES[356]
CVI.CÆSAR GIVES UP HIS TRIUMPH[360]
CVII.CÆSAR PRAISES HIS TENTH LEGION[363]
CVIII.CÆSAR WINS A GREAT VICTORY OVER THE NERVII[367]
CIX.CÆSAR INVADES BRITAIN[370]
CX.CÆSAR CROSSES THE RUBICON[374]
CXI.CÆSAR AND THE PILOT[378]
CXII.THE FLIGHT OF POMPEY[381]
CXIII.CATO DIES RATHER THAN YIELD TO CÆSAR[386]
CXIV.CÆSAR IS LOADED WITH HONOURS[389]
CXV.THE NOBLES PLOT AGAINST CÆSAR[392]
CXVI.THE ASSASSINATION OF CÆSAR[396]
CXVII.BRUTUS SPEAKS TO THE CITIZENS[399]
CXVIII.MARK ANTONY SPEAKS TO THE CITIZENS[402]
CXIX.THE SECOND TRIUMVIRATE[405]
CXX.THE BATTLE OF PHILIPPI[408]
CXXI.THE DEATH OF BRUTUS[411]
CXXII.ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA[413]
CXXIII.THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM[418]
CXXIV.ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA DIE[421]
CXXV.THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS[425]
INDEX[427]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Verginius left his beautiful young daughter Verginia in the care of her nurse,[Frontispiece]
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A she-wolf, coming to the edge of the river to drink, heard their cries,[6]
When she saw Horatius wearing on his shoulders the cloak of her betrothed, she broke into bitter sobs,[30]
She carried in her arms nine books,[46]
‘O my mother, thou hast saved Rome, but thou hast lost thy son,’[72]
Seated in chairs of ivory, sat a number of strange, venerable old men,[100]
The youth laid the arms he had taken from his foe at his father’s feet,[120]
The armour of Pyrrhus was richer and more beautiful than that of his soldiers,[146]
‘I carry here peace and war, choose, men of Carthage, which ye will,’[176]
‘We are beaten, O Romans, in a great battle, our army is destroyed,’[190]
A messenger was seen spurring his horse toward the city,[213]
His progress was as that of a king,[232]
So Carthage was given to the flames,[258]
Here it would be possible, he thought, to hold the enemy at bay,[276]
Jugurtha came to the tent of his father-in-law unarmed,[292]
Gaius Marius sitting in exile among the ruins of Carthage,[320]
Lists of those who were doomed were hung up in the Forum,[336]
The following morning Cicero made another speech against Catiline,[352]
Looking down upon the stream, he stood awhile deep in thought,[378]
Here, sheltered by steep cliffs, he sat down to rest,[412]

THE STORY OF ROME

CHAPTER I
THE LADY ROMA

Long, long years ago, Troy, one of the great cities in Asia Minor, was taken by the Greeks.