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p. xvLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

“See there, Master Alderman”

Front. Page 312

“Ha! Ha!” laughed Henry, “hast found him out, lads?”

153

“And see here, your Grace!”

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YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY
OF
ROME.
By Charlotte M. Yonge

CONTENTS

1.—Italy

2.—The Wanderings of Æneas

3.—The Founding of Rome. B.C. 753-713

4.—Numa and Tullus. B.C. 713-618.

5.—The Driving Out of the Tarquins. B.C. 578-309

6.—The War with Porsena

7.—The Roman Government

8.—Menenius Agrippa's Fable. B.C. 494

9.—Coriolanus and Cincinnatus. B.C. 458

10.—The Decemvirs. B.C. 450

11.—Camillus' Banishment

12.—The Sack of Rome. B.C. 390

13.—The Plebeian Consulate. B.C. 367

14.—The Devotion of Decius. B.C. 357

15.—The Samnite Wars

16.—The War with Pyrrhus. 280-271

17.—The First Punic War. 264-240

18.—Conquest of Cisalpine Gaul. 240-219

19.—The Second Punic War. 219

20.—The First Eastern War. 215-183

21.—The Conquest of Greece, Corinth, and Carthage. 179-145

22.—The Gracchi. 137-122

23.—The Wars of Marius. 106-98

24.—The Adventures of Marius. 93-84

25.—Sulla's Proscription. 88-71

26.—The Career of Pompeius. 70-63

27.—Pompeius and Cæsar. 61-48

28.—Julius Cæsar. 48-44

29.—The Second Triumvirate. 44-33

30.—Cæsar Augustus. B.C. 33-A.D. 14

31.—Tiberius and Caligula. A.D. 14-41

32.—Claudius and Nero. A.D. 41-68

33.—The Flavian Family. 62-96

34.—The Age of the Antonines. 96-194

35.—The Prætorian Influence. 197-284

36.—The Division of the Empire. 284-312

37.—Constantine the Great. 312-337

38.—Constantius. 337-364

39.—Valentinian and his Family. 364-392

40.—Theodosius the Great. 392-395

41.—Alaric the Goth. 395-410

42.—The Vandals. 403

43.—Attila the Hun. 435-457

44.—Theodoric the Ostrogoth. 457-561

45.—Belisarius. 533-563

46.—Pope Gregory the Great. 563-800

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Pope's Doortender. (Frontispiece.)

The Tiber

Curious Pottery

Jupiter

The Coast

Mount Etna

Carthage

Roman Soldier

Gladiatorial Shows at a Banquet

The Forum

Janus

Actors

Sybil's Cave

Brutus condemning his sons

Roman Ensigns, Standards, Trumpets etc.

Head of Jupiter

Female Costumes

Female Costumes

Senatorial Palace

View of a Roman Harbor

Roman Camp

Ploughing

Death of Virginia

Chariot Races

Arrow Machine

Siege Machine

Ruins of the Forum at Rome

Entry of the Forum Romanum by the Via Sacra

Costumes

Costume

Curtius leaping into the Gulf

The Apennines

Combat between a Mirmillo and a Samnite

Combat between a light armed Gladiator and a Samnite

Ancient Rome

Pyrrhus

Roman Orator

Roman Ship

Roman Order of Battle

The wounded Gaul

Hannibal's Vow

In the Pyrenees,

Meeting of Hannibal and Scipio at Zama

Archimedes

Hannibal

Corinth

Cornelia and her Sons

Roman Centurion

Marius

One of the Trophies, called of Marius, at the Capitol at Rome

The Catapult

Island on the Coast

Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

Cornelius Sulla

Coast of Tyre

Mountains of Armenia

Cicero

Colossal Statue of Pompeius of the Palazzo Spada of Rome

Pompeius

Amphitheatre

The Arena

Julius Cæsar

Cato

Funeral Solemnities in the Columbarium of the House of Julius Cæsar at
the Porta Capena in Rome

Marcus Antonius

Marcus Brutus

Alexandria

Caius Octavius

Statue of Augustus at the Vatican

Paintings in the House of Livia

Ruins of the Palaces of Tiberius

Agrippina

Rome in the time of Augustus Cæsar

Claudius

Nero

Arch of Titus

Vesuvius previous to the Eruption of A.D. 63

Persecution of the Christians

Coin of Nero

Temple of Antoninus and Faustina

Marcus Aurelius

Septimus Severus

Antioch

Alexander Severus

Temple of the Sun at Palmyra

The Catacombs at Rome

Coin of Severus

Diocletian

Diocletian in Retirement

Constantine the Great

Constantinople

Council of Nicea

Catacombs

Julian

Arch of Constantine

Alexandria

Goths

Convent on the Hills

Julian Alps

Roman Hall of Justice

Colonnades of St. Peter at Rome

Alaric's Burial

Roman Clock

Spanish Coast

Vandals plundering

Pyramids and Sphynx, Egypt

Hunnish Camp

St. Mark's, Venice

The Pope's House

Romulus Augustus resigns the Crown

illustration

Naples

Constantinople

Pope Gregory the Great

The Pope's Pulpit

Battle of Tours

HISTORY OF FRANCE.
By Charlotte M. Yonge
CONTENTS
PAGE
CHAPTER I.
THE EARLIER KINGS OF FRANCE 1
CHAPTER II.
THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR 25
CHAPTER III.
THE STRUGGLE WITH BURGUNDY 43
CHAPTER IV.
THE ITALIAN WARS 52
CHAPTER V.
THE WARS OF RELIGION 63
CHAPTER VI.
POWER OF THE CROWN 81
CHAPTER VII.
THE REVOLUTION 102
CHAPTER VIII.
FRANCE SINCE THE REVOLUTION 116

LITTLE LUCY'S WONDERFUL GLOBE
PICTURED BY L. FROLICH,
And Narrated By Charlotte M. Yonge

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
PAGE
MOTHER BUNCH 1

CHAPTER II.
VISITORS FROM THE SOUTH SEAS. 14

CHAPTER III.
ITALY 36

CHAPTER IV.
GREENLAND 43

CHAPTER V.
TYROL 50

CHAPTER VI.
AFRICA 57

CHAPTER VII.
LAPLANDERS 63

CHAPTER VIII.
CHINA 70

CHAPTER IX.
[viii]KAMSCHATKA 79

CHAPTER X.
THE TURK 83

CHAPTER XI.
SWITZERLAND 96

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