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Stories of Greece and Rome

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Stories of Greece and Rome

The Story of the Greeks, by H.A. Guerber, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, (1898).

Table of

Contents The Story of the Greeks .............................................1 Preface ...................................................................................... 3 I Early Inhabitants of Greece.................................................... 5 II The Deluge of Ogyges........................................................... 7 III The Founding of Many Important Cities............................. 9 IV Story of Deucalion............................................................. 12 V Story of Dædalus and Icarus............................................... 14 VI The Adventures of Jason................................................... 16 VII Theseus Visits the Labyrinth ........................................... 18 VIII The Terrible Prophecy.................................................... 20 IX The Sphinx’s Riddle .......................................................... 22 X Blindness and Death of Œdipus.......................................... 25 XI The Brothers’ Quarrel ....................................................... 27 XII The Taking of Thebes...................................................... 29 XIII The Childhood of Paris................................................... 30 XIV The Muster of the Troops .............................................. 33 XV The Sacrifice of Iphigenia ................................................ 35 XVI The Wrath of Achilles.................................................... 36 XVII Death of Hector and Achilles........................................ 38 XVIII The Burning of Troy.................................................... 40 XIX Heroic Death of Codrus.................................................. 42 XX The Blind Poet ................................................................. 44 XXI The Rise of Sparta .......................................................... 46 XXII The Spartan Training .................................................... 48 XXIII The Brave Spartan Boy ................................................ 50 XXIV Public Tables in Sparta ................................................ 52 XXV Laws of Lycurgus ........................................................... 54 XXVI The Messenian War..................................................... 56 XXVII The Music of Tyrtæus................................................ 58 XXVIII Aristomenes’ Escape.................................................. 60 XXIX The Olympic Games .................................................... 62 XXX Milo of Croton............................................................... 65 XXXI The Jealous Athlete...................................................... 67 XXXII The Girls’ Games ........................................................ 69 XXXIII The Bloody Laws of Draco ........................................ 70 XXXIV The Laws of Solon..................................................... 72 XXXV The First Plays............................................................ 74 XXXVI The Tyrant Pisistratus............................................... 76 XXXVII The Tyrant’s Insult .................................................. 78

Table of Contents Continued XXXVIII Death of the Conspirators ...................................... 80 XXXIX Hippias Driven out of Athens ................................... 82 XL The Great King................................................................. 85 XLI Hippias Visits Darius....................................................... 87 XLII Destruction of the Persian Host..................................... 89 XLIII The Advance of the Second Host................................. 91 XLIV The Battle of Marathon................................................ 93 XLV Miltiades’ Disgrace......................................................... 95 XLVI Aristides the Just .......................................................... 97 XLVII Two Noble Spartan Youths......................................... 99 XLVIII The Great Army ...................................................... 101 XLIX Preparations for Defense ............................................ 103 L Leonidas at Thermopylæ................................................... 105 LI Death of Leonidas ............................................................ 107 LII The Burning of Athens................................................... 109 LIII The Battles of Salamis and Platæa ................................ 111 LIV The Rebuilding of Athens............................................. 113 LV Death of Pausanias ......................................................... 115 LVI Cimon Improves Athens ............................................... 117 LVII The Earthquake ........................................................... 119 LVIII The Age of Pericles .................................................... 122 LIX The Teachings of Anaxagoras ....................................... 125 LX Beginning of the Peloponnesian War ............................. 127 LXI Death of Pericles ........................................................... 129 LXII The Philosopher Socrates ............................................ 131 LXIII Socrates’ Favorite Pupil .............................................. 133 LXIV Youth of Alcibiades .................................................... 136 LXV Greek Colonies in Italy................................................ 138 LXVI Alcibiades in Disgrace ................................................ 140 LXVII Death of Alcibiades................................................... 142 LXVIII The Overthrow of the Thirty Tyrants ..................... 144 LXIX Accusation of Socrates ............................................... 146 LXX Death of Socrates ......................................................... 148 LXXI The Defeat of Cyrus ................................................... 151 LXXII The Retreat of the Ten Thousand ............................ 153 LXXIII Agesilaus in Asia...................................................... 155 LXXIV A Strange Interview................................................. 156 LXXV The Peace of Antalcidas............................................ 158 LXXVI The Theban Friends ................................................ 160 LXXVII Thebes Free Once More......................................... 162 LXXVIII The Battle of Leuctra ............................................ 164 LXXIX Death of Pelopidas ................................................... 166

LXXXVI Death of Dion

Knot......................................................203

XCII The Steed Bucephalus

CX The Achæan League

........................................................193

......................................................197

CXI Division in Sparta

XCVII Alexander’s Royal Captives

......................................205

CVI The Last of the Athenians

XCVI The Gordian

....................................................190

CVIII The Battle of Ipsus.....................................................228 CIX Demetrius and the Athenians

XCIX The African Desert

Province...........................................242

....................................................209

C Death of Darius.................................................................211

Demosthenes......................................188

..................................................215

......................................................232

..............................186

CII The Return to Babylon

LXXXIX The Orator

CIV The Division of the Realm............................................219

.......................................................181

XC Philip Masters Greece

CXV Greece a Roman

CV Death of Demosthenes...................................................221

LXXXV Civil War in Syracuse.............................................179

CXIV The Last of the Greeks...............................................240

LXXXII Story of Damon and Pythias

...................................201

...........................................207

CVII The Colossus of Rhodes..............................................225

............................................223

XCIII Alexander as King

XCV Alexander’s Brilliant Beginning

CXII Death of Agis...............................................................236

.......................................230

.................................................195

CXIII The War of the Two Leagues.....................................238

LXXXVII Philip of Macedon................................................183

XCIV Alexander and Diogenes

XCI Birth of Alexander

.........................................................234

LXXXI The Tyrant of Syracuse............................................170

........................................175

Table of Contents

CI Defeat of Porus................................................................213

LXXXIV Dion and Dionysius...............................................177

Continued

.............................................168

LXXXVIII Philip Begins His Conquests

............................................199

XCVIII Alexander at Jerusalem

...................................172

CIII Death of Alexander the Great.......................................217

LXXX The Battle of Mantinea

LXXXIII The Sword of Damocles

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Romans........................................245 Preface.................................................................................. 247 I The First Settlers................................................................ 249 II The Escape from the Burning City ................................... 251 III The Clever Trick............................................................. 254 IV The Boards are Eaten ...................................................... 256 V The Wolf and the Twins .................................................. 258 VI Romulus Builds Rome..................................................... 260 VII The Maidens Carried Off............................................... 262 VIII Union of Sabines and Romans...................................... 264 IX Death of Romulus ........................................................... 266 X The Strange Signs of the Romans..................................... 268 XI The Quarrel with Alba .................................................... 271 XII The Fight Between the Horatii and the Curiatii ............ 273 XIII Tarquin and the Eagle................................................... 276 XIV The Roman Youths ...................................................... 278 XV The King Outwitted....................................................... 280 XVI The Murder of Tarquin ................................................ 282 XVII The Ungrateful Children............................................. 284 XVIII The Mysterious Books ............................................... 287 XIX Tarquin’s Poppies ......................................................... 290 XX The Oracle of Delphi ..................................................... 292 XXI The Death of Lucretia .................................................. 294 XXII The Stern Father ......................................................... 297 XXIII A Roman Triumph .................................................... 300 XXIV A Roman Triumph (Continued) ............................... 302 XXV The Defense of the Bridge........................................... 304 XXVI The Burnt Hand ........................................................ 306 XXVII The Twin Gods......................................................... 308 XXVIII The Wrongs of the Poor.......................................... 310 XXIX The Fable of the Stomach .......................................... 313 XXX The Story of Coriolanus .............................................. 316 XXXI The Farmer Hero ....................................................... 319 XXXII The New Laws .......................................................... 322 XXXIII The Death of Virginia ............................................. 324 XXXIV The Plans of a Traitor............................................. 326 XXXV The School-Teacher Punished ................................. 328 XXXVI The Invasion of the Gauls....................................... 330 XXXVII The Sacred Geese .................................................. 332 XXXVIII Two Heroes of Rome............................................ 335

The of the

Table of Contents Continued

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LIX The Revolt of the

LXXXI

XLIV Hannibal Crosses the

Archimedes ..........................................354

LII Caius

of Numidia ............................................371

and

Doe .................................................382

LVIII Sertorius his

at

Gracchus .....................................367

The Wild Caligula.....................................................418

The Siege of Jerusalem.............................................433

XLIII Regulus the

Conquests..............................................357

.......................................................390

Alps .........................................350

LXXII

Forks..........................337

LXXIX

War...............................................................376

Two Short Reigns......................................................432

LXV The Death

LXXIII

Nero’s Cruelty..........................................................430

Ships...............................................................345

LXXX

XLVI The Inventor

LI The Death of Tiberius

Triumvirate ............................................399

Routed...................................................343

and

Lists..................................................380

XLV The Romans Defeated

LIV The Barbarians..............................................................373

LX Pompey’s

LXVIII

XLVIII

LV The Social

of Cæsar ....................................................397

LXIX The Poisonous

Tiberius Smothered .................................................416

Varus Avenged ..........................................................412

LVI The Flight of Marius

LXXV

Destruction of Carthage...........................................359

......................................................364

Table of Contents Continued

XL Pyrrhus his Elephants.

Snake ...............................................348

Antony and Cleopatra..............................................403

LXXVI Wicked

The

LVII The Proscription

Wives of Claudius...............................421

L The Jewels of Cornelia

LXVII The Vision

LXXI

LXX The

LXXVII

XLIX

Nero’s First Crimes.................................................424

LXIV The Battle of Pharsalia

.................................................352

XLVII The Roman

LXVI The Second

Slaves................................................384

LXIII The Crossing of the Rubicon......................................392

of Brutus ................................................401

Snake .................................................405

Augustan Age .......................................................407

LIII Jugurtha, King

LXXIV

LXXVIII

Conquests .......................................................386

.............................................340

Death of Germanicus ...............................................414

Gracchus...............................................................369

...........................................388

XLI The Elephants

The Christians Persecuted ....................................427

XLII Ancient

.....................................................378

LXII Cæsar’s Conquests

LXI The Conspiracy of Catiline

XXXIX The Disaster the Caudine

...............................................394

Roman Amusements ..................................................361

Death of Augustus ......................................................410

........................................................... 451

XCVII A Prophecy Fulfilled................................................. 466

................................................... 435

LXXXVI Trajan’s Column

CI Sieges of Rome

LXXXIII The Terrible Banquet............................................

XCI Another Cruel Emperor................................................

C An Emperor’s Penance

445

LXXXIV The Emperor’s Tablets

449

XCIV The Gigantic Emperor

XCV Invasion of the Goths 462

476

..................................................

XCVIII The First Christian Emperor 468

441

454

XCIX The Roman Empire Divided

LXXXV The Good Trajan....................................................

...................................... 470

LXXXVIII Hadrian’s Death

XCIII The Senate of Women

...................................

LXXXIX Antoninus Pius......................................................

Table of Contents Continued

XCVI Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra 464

XCII An Unnatural Son

.......................................... 439

LXXXII The Buried Cities

................................................................ 474

............................................... 458

............................................... 460

LXXXVII The Great Wall....................................................

..................................................... 472

437

................................................... 443

....................................................... 456

XC The Model Pagan

CII End of the Empire of the West.......................................

.......................................

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by H.A. Guerber

The Story of the Greeks

Preface

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4

I

Early Inhabitants of Greece

6 œ œ œ

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The Deluge of Ogyges

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The Founding of Many Important Cities

III

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The Story of the Greeks

11

IV

Story of Deucalion

13 æ æ

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V

Story of Dædalus and Icarus

Æ æ æ Æ Æ æ

The Story of the Greeks

15 æ æ æ æ æ æ æ

The Adventures of Jason

æ æ æ

VI

The Story of the Greeks

17 Æ

VII Theseus Visits the Labyrinth

æ Æ Æ Æ

The Story of the Greeks

19 æ æ æ æ

VIII

Œ

The Terrible Prophecy œ

21

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IX

Œ

The Sphinx’s Riddle

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23

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œ

Blindness and Death of Œdipus

X

26

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The Brothers’ Quarrel

XI

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XII The Taking of Thebes

XIII The Childhood of Paris

31

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32

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XIV

æ

The Muster of the Troops

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XV The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

XVI The Wrath of Achilles

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XVII

Death of Hector and Achilles

39

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The Burning of Troy

XVIII

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XIX

æ æ æ æ æ æ

Heroic Death of Codrus

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XX

The Blind Poet

45

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æ æ æ æ

XXI

The Rise of Sparta

47

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XXII

The Spartan Training

49

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XXIII

The Brave Spartan Boy

51

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Public Tables in Sparta

XXIV

53

The Story of the Greeks

Laws of Lycurgus

XXV

The Story of the Greeks

55

The Messenian War

XXVI

æ

The Story of the Greeks

57

The Music of Tyrtæus

XXVII

The Story of the Greeks

59 æ

Aristomenes’ Escape

XXVIII

61

The Story of the Greeks

XXIX

The Olympic Games

æ

63

The Story of the Greeks

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MiloXXXofCroton

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XXXI

The Jealous Athlete

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The Girls’ Games

XXXII

The Bloody Laws of Draco

XXXIII

71 Æ

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XXXIV

æ æ

The Laws of Solon

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73

TheXXXVFirstPlays

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75 Æ

XXXVI

The Tyrant Pisistratus

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77

The Tyrant’s Insult

XXXVII

The Story of the Greeks

79

Death of the Conspirators

XXXVIII

æ æ æ

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81

XXXIX

æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ

Hippias Driven out of Athens

83 æ æ æ æ

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XL The Great King

86

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XLI Hippias Visits Darius

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XLII

Æ

Destruction of the Persian Host

90

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The Advance of the Second Host

XLIII

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XLIV The Battle of Marathon

94

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XLV

Miltiades’ Disgrace

96 Æ

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AristidesXLVIthe Just

98

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Two Noble Spartan Youths

XLVII

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XLVIII The Great Army

102

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PreparationsXLIXfor Defense

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L

Leonidas at Thermopylæ

æ

106

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LI

Death of Leonidas

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LII

The Burning of Athens

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The Battles of Salamis and Platæa

Æ æ æ

LIII

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The Rebuilding of Athens

LIV

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LV Death of Pausanias æ

116

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LVI Cimon Improves Athens

æ

118

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LVII The Earthquake

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121 æ

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Æ æ

LVIII

The Age of Pericles

123

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124

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LIX

The Teachings of Anaxagoras

126

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LX

Beginning of the Peloponnesian War

æ

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DeathLXIofPericles

130

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The Philosopher Socrates

LXII

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LXIII

Socrates’ Favorite Pupil

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134

The Story of the Greeks

135

LXIV

Youth of Alcibiades

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137

Greek Colonies in Italy

LXV

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139 æ

AlcibiadesLXVIinDisgrace

141

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DeathLXVIIofAlcibiades

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143

LXVIII

The Overthrow of the Thirty Tyrants

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145

AccusationLXIXofSocrates

The Story of the Greeks

147

DeathLXXofSocrates

149

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LXXI

The Defeat of Cyrus

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152

LXXII

The Retreat of the Ten Thousand

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154

AgesilausLXXIIIinAsia

A Strange Interview

LXXIV

The Story of the Greeks

157

The Peace of Antalcidas

LXXV

159

The Story of the Greeks

The Theban Friends

LXXVI

The Story of the Greeks

161

LXXVII

Thebes Free Once More

163

The Story of the Greeks

LXXVIII

The Battle of Leuctra

œ œ œ

165

The Story of the Greeks

DeathLXXIXofPelopidas

œ œ œ

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167

The Battle of Mantinea

LXXX

169

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LXXXI

The Tyrant of Syracuse

171

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Story of Damon and Pythias

LXXXII

173

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The Sword of Damocles

LXXXIII

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DionLXXXIVandDionysius

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LXXXV

Civil War in Syracuse

180

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DeathLXXXVIofDion

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PhilipLXXXVIIofMacedon

184

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The Story of the Greeks

185

LXXXVIII

Philip Begins His Conquests

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187

LXXXIX

The Orator Demosthenes

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189

XC

Philip Masters Greece

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192

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Birth of Alexander æ

XCI

194

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The Steed Bucephalus

XCII

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AlexanderXCIIIas King

198 œ

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AlexanderXCIVandDiogenes

200

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æ

Alexander’s Brilliant Beginning

XCV

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202

The Gordian Knot

XCVI

204

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æ æ

Alexander’s Royal Captives

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AlexanderXCVIIIatJerusalem

œ

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XCIX

The African Desert

210

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C Death of Darius

212

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DefeatCIof Porus

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CII

The Return to Babylon

216

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Death of Alexander the Great

CIII

æ æ œ

218

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æ æ æ æ

The Division of the Realm

CIV

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CV Death of Demosthenes

æ

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The Last of the Athenians

CVI

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CVII The Colossus of Rhodes

æ

226

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The Story of the Greeks

CVIII

The Battle of Ipsus

æ

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229

Demetrius and the Athenians

CIX

The Story of the Greeks

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CX The Achæan League

æ Æ æ æ

233 æ æ æ æ æ æ

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DivisionCXIin Sparta

æ æ

235 Æ Æ

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DeathCXIIofAgis

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æ Æ æ æ æ æ

The War of the Two Leagues

CXIII

239 æ æ

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æ œ œ æ

The Last of the Greeks

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CXV

Greece a Roman Province

Æ

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æ

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249

I

The First Settlers

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251 II

Æ Æ

The Escape from the Burning City

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253 Æ Æ

Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ

The Clever Trick

254 III

255 Æ

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256 IV

The Boards are Eaten Æ

Æ Æn Æ Æ Æ Æ

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Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ

258 V

The Wolf and the Twins

259

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Romulus Builds Rome

260 VI

261

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262 VII

The Maidens Carried Off

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264 VIII

Union of Sabines and Romans

265

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Death of Romulus

266 IX

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267

268 X

The Strange Signs of the Romans

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270

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The Quarrel with Alba

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273

XII

The Fight Between the Horatii and the Curiatii

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275 æ

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Tarquin and the Eagle

276 XIII

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277

XIV The Roman Youths

278

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279

The King Outwitted

280

XV

281 æ

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XVI The Murder of Tarquin

282

283

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The Ungrateful Children

XVII

284

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285

286

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The Mysterious Books

287

XVIII

288 æ

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290 XIX

Tarquin’s Poppies

291

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292 XX

The Oracle of Delphi

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294 XXI

The Death of Lucretia

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297 XXII

The Stern Father

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299

A Roman Triumph

300 XXIII

301

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302 XXIV

A Roman Triumph (Continued)

303

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304 XXV

The Defense of the Bridge

305

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306 XXVI

The Burnt Hand

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The Twin Gods

308 XXVII

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309 æ

The Wrongs of the Poor

310 XXVIII

311

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312

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The Fable of the Stomach

313 XXIX

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315 Æ

æ

316 XXX

The Story of Coriolanus

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318

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Æ Æ

The Farmer Hero

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TheXXXIINewLaws

322

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323

The Death of Virginia

324 XXXIII

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325

The Plans of a Traitor Æ

æ æ

326 XXXIV

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327 æ æ

328 XXXV

The School-Teacher Punished

329

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The Invasion of the Gauls

330 XXXVI

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331

The Sacred Geese

332 XXXVII

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333

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334

Two Heroes of Rome

335

XXXVIII

336

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337

XXXIX

The Disaster at the Caudine Forks

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339

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340 XL

Pyrrhus and his Elephants.

341

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342

The Elephants Routed

343

XLI

344

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AncientXLIIShips

345

346 æ

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347

The Story of the Romans

Regulus and the Snake

348

XLIII

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349

æ

350

XLIV Hannibal Crosses the Alps

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351

The Romans Defeated

XLV

352

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354

XLVI

æ

The Inventor Archimedes

355

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357

The Roman Conquests

XLVII

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359

DestructionXLVIIIofCarthage

360 Æ

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RomanXLIXAmusements

361

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363

The Jewels of Cornelia

L

364

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365

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366

The Death of Tiberius Gracchus

367 LI

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368 Æ

369

LII Caius Gracchus

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Jugurtha, King of Numidia

LIII

371

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LIV The Barbarians

373

374

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The Story of the Romans

375

376

LV The Social War

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377

The Flight of Marius

378

æ

LVI

The Story of the Romans

379

LVII

The Proscription Lists

380

381

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382

SertoriusLVIIIand his Doe

383

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The Revolt of the Slaves

384

LIX

The Story of the Romans

385

Pompey’s Conquests

386 LX

387 œ

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LXI

The Conspiracy of Catiline

388

æ

The Story of the Romans

389

390 LXII

Cæsar’s Conquests

391 œ

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392 LXIII

The Crossing of the Rubicon

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393

394

The Battle of Pharsalia

LXIV

395

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LXV

The Death of Cæsar

397

398

Stories of Greece and Rome

399

LXVI

The Second Triumvirate

æ

400

Stories of Greece and Rome

LXVII

The Vision of Brutus

401

Stories of Greece and Rome

402

403

AntonyLXVIIIandCleopatra

Stories of Greece and Rome

404

405

LXIX

The Poisonous Snake

Stories of Greece and Rome

406

æ æ Æ Æ Æ

The Augustan Age

407 LXX

408

Stories of Greece and Rome

409

The Story of the Romans

410

DeathLXXIofAugustus

The Story of the Romans

411

VarusLXXIIAvenged

412

413 æ

The Story of the Romans

LXXIII

414

Death of Germanicus

The Story of the Romans

415

416

TiberiusLXXIVSmothered

417

The Story of the Romans

LXXV

418

The Wild Caligula

419

The Story of the Romans

420

Stories of Greece and Rome

LXXVI

421

The Wicked Wives of Claudius

422 æ æ æ

Stories of Greece and Rome

The Story of the Romans

423

424

LXXVII

Nero’s First Crimes

425 æ

The Story of the Romans

Stories of Greece and Rome

426

LXXVIII

427

The Christians Persecuted

428

Stories of Greece and Rome

429

The Story of the Romans

Nero’s Cruelty

430 LXXIX

æ

The Story of the Romans

431

Two Short Reigns

432

LXXX

433

LXXXI

The Siege of Jerusalem

434

Stories of Greece and Rome

435

LXXXII

The Buried Cities

Stories of Greece and Rome

436

437

LXXXIII

The Terrible Banquet

438

Stories of Greece and Rome

439

LXXXIV

The Emperor’s Tablets

Stories of Greece and Rome

440

LXXXV

441

The Good Trajan

Stories of Greece and Rome

442

443

LXXXVI

Trajan’s Column

Stories of Greece and Rome

444

TheLXXXVIIGreatWall

445

446

Stories of Greece and Rome

447

LXXXVIII Hadrian’s Death

448

Stories of Greece and Rome

449

AntoninusLXXXIXPius

Stories of Greece and Rome

450

451

XC The Model Pagan

Stories of Greece and Rome

452

453

The Story of the Romans

454

XCI Another Cruel Emperor

The Story of the Romans

455

456

XCII An Unnatural Son

457

The Story of the Romans

458

XCIII The Senate of Women

The Story of the Romans

459

460

The Gigantic Emperor

XCIV

461

The Story of the Romans

462

InvasionXCVofthe Goths

æ Æ æ Æ

The Story of the Romans

463

XCVI

Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra

464

The Story of the Romans

465

A Prophecy Fulfilled

XCVII

466

467

The Story of the Romans

The First Christian Emperor

468

æ

XCVIII

469

The Story of the Romans

470

XCIX

The Roman Empire Divided

471

The Story of the Romans

472 C

An Emperor’s Penance

473

The Story of the Romans

474

SiegesCIof Rome

The Story of the Romans

475 â

CII

476

End of the Empire of the West

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