Young Folks' History of Rome (1878)

Item:

Young Adult Book

Title:

Young Folks’ History Rome

Author:

Charlotte M. Yonge

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Printer:

D. Lothrop and Company (Publisher), Rockwell and Churchill (Presswork)

Place of Printing:

Boston

Date of Printing:

1878

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Donated by:

Kenneth Innes III

Author and Commentators

Charlotte M. Yonge (1823-1901). English novelist and historian.

The Book

414 pages. Illustrated.

Contents

• Italy
• The Wanderings of Æneas
• The Founding of Rome. B.C. 753-713
• Numa and Tullus. B.C. 713-618.
• The Driving Out of the Tarquins. B.C. 578-309
• The War with Porsena
• The Roman Government
• Menenius Agrippa's Fable. B.C. 494
• Coriolanus and Cincinnatus. B.C. 458
• The Decemvirs. B.C. 450
• Camillus' Banishment
• The Sack of Rome. B.C. 390
• The Plebeian Consulate. B.C. 367
• The Devotion of Decius. B.C. 357
• The Samnite Wars
• The War with Pyrrhus. 280-271
• The First Punic War. 264-240
• Conquest of Cisalpine Gaul. 240-219
• The Second Punic War. 219
• The First Eastern War. 215-183
• The Conquest of Greece, Corinth, and Carthage. 179-145
• The Gracchi. 137-122
• The Wars of Marius. 106-98
• The Adventures of Marius. 93-84
• Sulla's Proscription. 88-71
• The Career of Pompeius. 70-63
• Pompeius and Cæsar. 61-48
• Julius Cæsar. 48-44
• The Second Triumvirate. 44-33
• Cæsar Augustus. B.C. 33-A.D. 14
• Tiberius and Caligula. A.D. 14-41
• Claudius and Nero. A.D. 41-68
• The Flavian Family. 62-96
• The Age of the Antonines. 96-194
• The Prætorian Influence. 197-284
• The Division of the Empire. 284-312
• Constantine the Great. 312-337
• Constantius. 337-364
• Valentinian and his Family. 364-392
• Theodosius the Great. 392-395
• Alaric the Goth. 395-410
• The Vandals. 403
• Attila the Hun. 435-457
• Theodoric the Ostrogoth. 457-561
• Belisarius. 533-563
• Pope Gregory the Great. 563-800

An online version of this book can be found at https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn3jgg

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