Young Folks History of Rome
Yonge, Charlotte Mary, 1823-1901
English
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THE POPE'S DOORTENDER
YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY
OF
ROME.
BY
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE,
AUTHOR OF "THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE," "BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS," "YOUNG FOLKS'HISTORY OF FRANCE," &c.
BOSTON:
ESTES & LAURIAT,
301 WASHINGTON STREET.
COPYRIGHT BY
D. LOTHROP & CO. and ESTES & LAURIAT.
1880.
PREFACE.
This sketch of the History of Rome covers the period till the reign ofCharles the Great as head of the new Western Empire. The history hasbeen given as briefly as could be done consistently with such details ascan alone make it interesting to all classes of readers.
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE.
CONTENTS.
1.—Italy 2.—The Wanderings of Æneas 3.—The Founding of Rome. B.C. 753-713 4.—Numa and Tullus. B.C. 713-618. 5.—The Driving Out of the Tarquins. B.C. 578-309 6.—The War with Porsena 7.—The Roman Government 8.—Menenius Agrippa's Fable. B.C. 494 9.—Coriolanus and Cincinnatus. B.C. 458 10.—The Decemvirs. B.C. 450 11.—Camillus' Banishment 12.—The Sack of Rome. B.C. 390 13.—The Plebeian Consulate. B.C. 367 14.—The Devotion of Decius. B.C. 357 15.—The Samnite Wars 16.—The War with Pyrrhus. 280-271 17.—The First Punic War. 264-240
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