THE STORY OF ROME FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE END OF THE REPUBLIC BY ARTHUR GILMAN, M.A. PREFACE. A.G. THE STORY OF ROME. I. ONCE UPON A TIME. II. HOW THE SHEPHERDS BEGAN THE CITY. III. HOW CORINTH GAVE ROME A NEW DYNASTY. IV. THE RISE OF THE COMMONS. V. HOW A PROUD KING FELL. VI. THE ROMAN RUNNYMEDE. VII. HOW THE HEROES FOUGHT FOR A HUNDRED YEARS. VIII. A BLAST FROM BEYOND THE NORTH-WIND. IX. HOW THE REPUBLIC OVERCAME ITS NEIGHBORS. X. AN AFRICAN SIROCCO. XI. THE NEW PUSHES THE OLD--WARS AND CONQUESTS. XII. A FUTILE EFFORT AT REFORM. XIII. SOCIAL AND CIVIL WARS. XIV. THE MASTER SPIRITS OF THIS AGE. XV. PROGRESS OF THE GREAT POMPEY. XVI. HOW THE TRIUMVIRS CAME TO UNTIMELY ENDS. XVII. HOW THE REPUBLIC BECAME AN EMPIRE. XVIII. SOME MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ROMAN PEOPLE. XIX. THE ROMAN READING AND WRITING. XX. THE ROMAN REPUBLICANS SERIOUS AND GAY.
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