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The Story of the Romans (Classic Reprint)
The Story of the Romans - Classic Reprint Author:H. A. Guerber PREFACE. — '0' — THIS elementary history of Rome, since it is intended for very — young readers, has been related as simply and directly as possible. — The aim is not only to instruct, but to interest, school children, — and to enable them, as it were in play, to gain a fair idea of the — people and city of which they will hear so much. — This book is ... more »also planned to serve as a general introduction to
the study of Latin, which most pupils begin before they have had
time to study history. Vith little, if any, knowledge of the people
who spoke the language they are learning, children cannot be
expected to take so lively an interest in the study as they would
if they knew mo.re. Many a schoolboy is plunged into the Commentaries
of Cresar before having any idea of the life of that grea.t
man; and, as the information gained about him through the Latin
is necessarily acquired piecemeal and slowly, it is no great wonder
that Cresar has been vaguely, yet vindictively, stigmatized as " t
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; 10'; AGE; MAPS 9,10; I The First Settlers I I; II The Escape from the Burning City 14; III The Clever Trick 17; IV The Boards are Eaten 20; V The Wolf and the Twins 22; VI Romulus builds Rome 25; VII The Maidens Carried off 28; VIII Union of Sabines and Romans 31; IX Death of Romulus 32; X The Strange Signs of the Romans 34; XI The Quarrel with Alba 37; XII The Fight between the Horatii and the Curiatii 39; XIII Tarquin and the Eagle 42; XIV The Roman Youths 45; XV The King Outwitted 47; XVI The Murder of Tarquin 50; XVII The Ungrateful Children 51; XVIII The Mysterious Books 54; XIX Tarquin's Poppies 58; XX The Oracle of Delphi 60; XXI The Death of Lucretia 62; XXII The Stern Father 66; XXIII A Roman Triumph 69; 5XXIV A Roman Triumph (Continued) 71; XXV The Defense of the Bridge« less