CONTENTS. PAGE How Rome was founded 7 The Sabine Virgins 14 The

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

HOW ROME WAS FOUNDED.

THE SABINE VIRGINS.

THE HORATII AND CURIATII.

THE DYNASTY OF THE TARQUINS.

THE BOOKS OF THE SIBYL.

THE STORY OF LUCRETIA.

HOW BRAVE HORATIUS KEPT THE BRIDGE.

THE BATTLE OF LAKE REGILLUS.

THE REVOLT OF THE PEOPLE.

THE REVENGE OF CORIOLANUS.

CINCINNATUS AND THE AEQUIANS.

THE SACRIFICE OF VIRGINIA.

CAMILLUS AT THE SIEGE OF VEII.

THE GAULS AT ROME.

THE CURTIAN GULF.

ANECDOTES OF THE LATIN AND SAMNITE WARS.

THE CAUDINE FORKS.

THE FATE OF REGULUS.

HANNIBAL CROSSES THE ALPS.

HOW HANNIBAL FOUGHT AND DIED.

ARCHIMEDES AT THE SIEGE OF SYRACUSE.

THE FATE OF CARTHAGE.

THE GRACCHI AND THEIR FALL.

JUGURTHA, THE PURCHASER OF ROME.

THE EXILE AND REVENGE OF MARIUS.

THE PROSCRIPTION OF SULLA.

THE REVOLT OF THE GLADIATORS.

CAESAR AND THE PIRATES.

CAESAR AND POMPEY.

THE ASSASSINATION OF CAESAR.

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.

AN IMPERIAL MONSTER.

THE MURDER OF AN EMPRESS.

BOADICEA, THE HEROINE OF BRITAIN.

ROME SWEPT BY FLAMES.

THE DOOM OF NERO.

THE SPORTS OF THE AMPHITHEATRE.

THE REIGN OF A GLUTTON.

THE FAITHFUL EPONINA.

THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM.

THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII.

AN IMPERIAL SAVAGE.

THE DEEDS OF CONSTANTINE.

THE GOTHS CROSS THE DANUBE.

THE DOWNFALL OF ROME.

Edition d'Élite

Historical Tales

The Romance of Reality

By

CHARLES MORRIS

Author of "Half-Hours with the Best American Authors," "Tales from the Dramatists," etc.

IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES

Volume XI

Roman

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Copyright, 1896, by J.B. Lippincott Company.

Copyright, 1904, by J.B. Lippincott Company.

Copyright, 1908, by J.B. Lippincott Company.