Chapter III: Three Deadly Blows 363

EPILOGUE 377

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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FLIGHT OF THE PERSIANS AFTER MARATHON _Frontispiece_

TIMOLEON HOLDING THE FORD OF THE CRIMESSUS 118

THE BATTLE OF ISSUS 140

THE OVERTHROW OF CANNÆ 210

DEFEAT OF THE CIMBRI IN THE BATTLE AT THE
WAGGONS 272

CRASSUS DEFEATED BY THE PARTHIANS 300

TRAJAN BESIEGING A DACIAN FORT 340

ATTILA AND LEO 374

To

MY DAUGHTERS

_BOOK I_

GREECE AND PERSIA. THE DEFENCE