The Story of Rome From the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic

The Story of Rome From the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic

Arthur Gilman, american architect (1821-1882)


This ebook presents «The Story of Rome From the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic», from Arthur Gilman. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Preface

- Once Upon A Time

- How The Shepherds Began The City

- How Corinth Gave Rome A New Dynasty

- The Rise Of The Commons

- How A Proud King Fell

- The Roman Runnymede

- How The Heroes Fought For A Hundred Years

- A Blast From Beyond The North Wind

- How The Republic Overcame Its Neighbors

- An African Sirocco

- The New Pushes The Old Wars And Conquests

- A Futile Effort At Reform

- Social And Civil Wars

- The Master Spirits Of This Age

- Progress Of The Great Pompey

- How The Triumvirs Came To Untimely Ends

- How The Republic Became An Empire

- Some Manners And Customs Of The Roman People

- The Roman Reading And Writing

- The Roman Republicans Serious And Gay