Young Folks' History of Rome

Project Gutenberg's Young Folks' History of Rome, by Charlotte Mary YongeThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Young Folks' History of RomeAuthor: Charlotte Mary YongeRelease Date: September 7, 2005 [EBook #16667]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF ROME ***Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Graeme Mackreth and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net[Illustration]YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORYOFROME.BYCHARLOTTE 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 BYD. LOTHROP & CO. and ESTES & LAURIAT.1880.PREFACE.This sketch of the History of Rome covers the period till the reign ofCharles the Great as head of the new Western Empire. The history hasbeen given as briefly as could be done consistently with such details ascan alone make it interesting to all classes of readers.CHARLOTTE M. YONGE.CONTENTS.CHAP. PAGE.1.--Italy 132.--The Wanderings of neas 21�3.--The ...