The Story of the Romans

Table of Contents.

Publisher’s Preface
Author’s Preface
Maps
I. The First Settlers
II. The Escape from the Burning City
III. The Clever Trick
IV. The Boards are Eaten
V. The Wolf and the Twins (pdf format)
VI. Romulus Builds Rome
VII. The Maidens Carried Off
VIII. Union of Sabines and Romans
IX. Death of Romulus
X. The Strange Signs of the Romans
XI. The Quarrel with Alba
XII. The Fight Between the Horatii & the Curiatii
XIII. Tarquin and the Eagle
XIV. The Roman Youths
XV. The King Outwitted
XVI. The Murder of Tarquin
XVII. The Ungrateful Children
XVIII. The Mysterious Books
XIX. Tarquin’s Poppies
XX. The Oracle of Delphi
XXI. The Death of Lucretia
XXII. The Stern Father
XXIII. A Roman Triumph
XXIV. A Roman Triumph, Continued
XXV. The Defense of the Bridge
XXVI. The Burnt Hand
XXVII. The Twin Gods
XXVIII. The Wrongs of the Poor
XXIX. The Fable of the Stomach
XXX. The Story of Coriolanus
XXXI. The Farmer Hero
XXXII. The New Laws
XXXIII. The Death of Virginia
XXXIV. The Plans of a Traitor
XXXV. The School-Teacher Punished
XXXVI. The Invasion of the Gauls
XXXVII. The Sacred Geese
XXXVIII. Two Heroes of Rome
XXXIX. The Disaster at the Caudine Forks
XL. Pyrrhus and his Elephants
XLI. The Elephants Routed
XLII. Ancient Ships
XLIII. Regulus and the Snake
XLIV. Hannibal Crosses the Alps
XLV. The Romans Defeated
XLVI. The Inventor Archimedes
XLVII. The Roman Conquests
XLVIII. Destruction of Carthage
XLIX. Roman Amusements
L. The Jewels of Cornelia
LI. The Death of Tiberius Gracchus

LII. Caius Gracchus
LIII. Jugurtha, King of Numidia
LIV. The Barbarians
LV. The Social War
LVI. The Flight of Marius
LVII. The Proscription Lists
LVIII. Sertorius and his Doe
LIX. The Revolt of the Slaves
LX. Pompey’s Conquests
LXI. The Conspiracy of Catiline
LXII. Caesar’s Conquests
LXIII. The Crossing of the Rubicon
LXIV. The Battle of Pharsalia
LXV. The Death of Caesar
LXVI. The Second Triumvirate
LXVII. The Vision of Brutus
LXVIII. Antony and Cleopatra
LXIX. The Poisonous Snake
LXX. The Augustan Age
LXXI. The Death of Augustus
LXXII. Varus Avenged
LXXIII. Death of Germanicus
LXXIV. Tiberius Smothered
LXXV. The Wild Caligula
LXXVI. The Wicked Wives of Claudius
LXXVII. Nero’s First Crimes
LXXVIII. The Christians Persecuted
LXXIX. Nero’s Cruelty
LXXX. Two Short Reigns
LXXXI. The Siege of Jerusalem
LXXXII. The Buried Cities
LXXXIII. The Terrible Banquet
LXXXIV. The Emperor’s Tablets
LXXXV. The Good Trajan
LXXXVI. Trajan’s Column
LXXXVII. The Great Wall
LXXXVIII. Hadrian’s Death
LXXXIX. Antoninus Pius
XC. The Model Pagan
XCI. Another Cruel Emperor
XCII. An Unnatural Son
XCIII. The Senate of Women
XCIV. The Gigantic Emperor
XCV. Invasion of the Goths
XCVI. Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra
XCVII. A Prophecy Fulfilled
XCVIII. The First Christian Emperor
XCIX. The Roman Empire Divided
C. An Emperor’s Penance
CI. Sieges of Rome
CII. End of the Empire of the West
Timeline of Ancient Rome
Recommended Reading
Bibliography
Index