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Young Folks' History of Rome
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Title: Young Folks' History of Rome
Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
Release Date: September 7, 2005 [EBook #16667]
Language: English
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YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY
OF
ROME.
BY
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE,
AUTHOR OF "THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE," "BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS," "YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF FRANCE," &c.
[Illustration]
BOSTON:
ESTES & LAURIAT,
301 WASHINGTON STREET.
COPYRIGHT BY
D. LOTHROP & CO. and ESTES & LAURIAT.
1880.
PREFACE.
This sketch of the History of Rome covers the period till the reign of Charles the Great as head of the new Western Empire. The history has been given as briefly as could be done consistently with such details as can alone make it interesting to all classes of readers.
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE.
CONTENTS.
CHAP. PAGE.
1.--Italy 13
2.--The Wanderings of Æneas 21
3.--The Founding of Rome. B.C. 753-713 31
4.--Numa and Tullus. B.C. 713-618 39
5.--Th