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THE DAWN OF HISTORY By J. L. Myres
ROME By W. Warde Fowler
THE PAPACY AND MODERN TIMES By William Barry
MEDIEVAL EUROPE By H. W. C. Davis
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION By Hilaire Belloc
THE IRISH NATIONALITY By Mrs. J. R. Green
CANADA By A. G. Bradley
THE CIVIL WAR By Frederic L. Paxson
HISTORY OF OUR TIME (1885-1911) By C. P. Gooch
POLAR EXPLORATION (with maps) By W. S. Bruce
THE OPENING UP OF AFRICA By Sir H. H. Johnston
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A SHORT HISTORY OF WAR AND PEACE By G. H. Perris
MODERN GEOGRAPHY By Marion Newbigin

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A SHORT HISTORY OF EUROPE By Herbert Fisher
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ROME

BY
W. WARDE FOWLER, M.A.
AUTHOR OF “LIFE OF JULIUS CÆSAR,” “THE CITY-STATE OF THE GREEKS AND
ROMANS,” “SOCIAL LIFE AT ROME IN THE AGE OF CICERO,” ETC.

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CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I Introductory 7
II The Advance of Rome in Italy 28
III The Training of the Roman Character 55
IV The Struggle with Carthage and Hannibal 84
V Dominion and Degeneracy 111
VI The Revolution: Act I. 136
VII The Revolution: Act II. 161
VIII Augustus—The Revival of the Roman Spirit 187
IX Life in the Roman Empire 212
X The Empire under the Antonines—Conclusion 229
Bibliography 253
Index 255

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