Chapter I: Preface

This sketch of the History of Rome covers the period till the reign of Charles the Great as head of the new Western Empire. The history has been given as briefly as could be done consistently with such details as can alone make it interesting to all classes of readers.

CHARLOTTE M. YONGE.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE.

1.--Italy 13

2.--The Wanderings of Æneas 21

3.--The Founding of Rome. B.C. 753-713 31

4.--Numa and Tullus. B.C. 713-618 39

5.--The Driving Out of the Tarquins. B.C. 578-309 47

6.--The War with Porsena 55

7.--The Roman Government 66

8.--Menenius Agrippa's Fable. B.C. 494 74

9.--Coriolanus and Cincinnatus. B.C. 458 84

10.--The Decemvirs. B.C. 450 92

11.--Camillus' Banishment 101

12.--The Sack of Rome. B.C. 390 110

13.--The Plebeian Consulate. B.C. 367 119

14.--The Devotion of Decius. B.C. 357 127

15.--The Samnite Wars 135

16.--The War with Pyrrhus. 280-271 144

17.--The First Punic War. 264-240 151

18.--Conquest of Cisalpine Gaul. 240-219 163

19.--The Second Punic War. 219 172

20. The First Eastern War. 215-183 181

21.--The Conquest of Greece, Corinth, and Carthage. 179-145 188

22.--The Gracchi. 137-122 195

23.--The Wars of Marius. 106-98 203

24.--The Adventures of Marius. 93-84 212

25.--Sulla's Proscription. 88-71 220

26.--The Career of Pompeius. 70-63 229

27.--Pompeius and Cæsar. 61-48 242

28.--Julius Cæsar. 48-44 252

29.--The Second Triumvirate. 44-33 263

30.--Cæsar Augustus. B.C. 33 A.D. 14 273

31.--Tiberius and Caligula. A.D. 14-41 285

32.--Claudius and Nero. A.D. 41-68 297

33.--The Flavian Family. 62-96 305

34.--The Age of the Antonines. 96-194 317

35.--The Prætorian Influence. 197-284 326

36.--The Division of the Empire. 284-312 337

37.--Constantine the Great. 312-337 345

38.--Constantius. 337-364 355

39.--Valentinian and his Family. 364-392 364

40.--Theodosius the Great. 392-395 374

41.--Alaric the Goth. 395-410 383

42.--The Vandals. 403 394

43.--Attila the Hun. 435-457 404

44.--Theodoric the Ostrogoth. 457-561 416

45.--Belisarius. 533-563 425

46.--Pope Gregory the Great. 563-800 434

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Pope's Doortender. (_Frontispiece._) PAGE.

The Tiber 14

Curious Pottery 15

Jupiter 17

The Coast 23

Mount Etna 25

Carthage 28

Roman Soldier 30

Gladiatorial Shows at a Banquet 34

The Forum 37

Janus 41

Actors 45

Sybil's Cave 50

Brutus condemning his sons 57

Roman Ensigns, Standards, Trumpets etc. 63

Head of Jupiter 68

Female Costumes 70

Female Costumes 71

Senatorial Palace 79

View of a Roman Harbor 81

Roman Camp 87

Ploughing 89

Death of Virginia 95

Chariot Races 98

Arrow Machine 102

Siege Machine 105

Ruins of the Forum at Rome 111

Entry of the Forum Romanum by the Via Sacra 117

Costumes 120

Costume 121

Curtius leaping into the Gulf 125

The Apennines 129

Combat between a Mirmillo and a Samnite 137

Combat between a light armed Gladiator and a Samnite 137

Ancient Rome 141

Pyrrhus 145

Roman Orator 147

Roman Ship 153

Roman Order of Battle 159

The wounded Gaul 165

Hannibal's Vow 168

In the Pyrenees 170

Meeting of Hannibal and Scipio at Zama 173

Archimedes 178

Hannibal 184

Corinth 190

Cornelia and her Sons 196

Roman Centurion 201

Marius 205

One of the Trophies, called of Marius, at the Capitol at Rome 207

The Catapult 215

Island on the Coast 217

Palazzo Vecchio, Florence 223

Cornelius Sulla 225

Coast of Tyre 231

Mountains of Armenia 235

Cicero 238

Colossal Statue of Pompeius of the Palazzo Spada of Rome 239

Pompeius 243

Amphitheatre 246

The Arena 247

Julius Cæsar 253

Cato 254

Funeral Solemnities in the Columbarium of the House of Julius Cæsar at the Porta Capena in Rome 255

Marcus Antonius 265

Marcus Brutus 268

Alexandria 270

Caius Octavius 272

Statue of Augustus at the Vatican 275

Paintings in the House of Livia 281

Ruins of the Palaces of Tiberius 287

Agrippina 290

Rome in the time of Augustus Cæsar 293

Claudius 298

Nero 301

Arch of Titus 308

Vesuvius previous to the Eruption of A.D. 63 311

Persecution of the Christians 314

Coin of Nero 316

Temple of Antoninus and Faustina 319

Marcus Aurelius 325

Septimus Severus 327

Antioch 328

Alexander Severus 329

Temple of the Sun at Palmyra 332

The Catacombs at Rome 333

Coin of Severus 336

Diocletian 338

Diocletian in Retirement 341

Constantine the Great 343

Constantinople 347

Council of Nicea 349

Catacombs 352

Julian 357

Arch of Constantine 361

Alexandria 365

Goths 367

Convent on the Hills 372

Julian Alps 375

Roman Hall of Justice 377

Colonnades of St. Peter at Rome 385

Alaric's Burial 391

Roman Clock 396

Spanish Coast 398

Vandals plundering 401

Pyramids and Sphynx, Egypt 403

Hunnish Camp 405

St. Mark's, Venice 409

The Pope's House 413

Romulus Augustus resigns the Crown 419

Illustration 423

Naples 427

Constantinople 429

Pope Gregory the Great 435

The Pope's Pulpit 437

Battle of Tours 441

YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF ROME.