{"id":4779,"date":"2019-09-05T18:41:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T18:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=4779"},"modified":"2025-03-23T22:19:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T22:19:01","slug":"the-story-of-the-romans-by-helene-a-guerber","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-story-of-the-romans-by-helene-a-guerber\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of the Romans"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Story of the Romans<\/strong><\/h3>\n

by Helene A. Guerber<\/p>\n

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Description:  <\/span>Elementary history of Rome, presenting short stories of the great heroes, mythical and historical, from Aeneas and the founding of Rome to the fall of the western empire. Around the famous characters of Rome are graphically grouped the great events with which their names will forever stand connected. Vivid descriptions bring to life the events narrated, making history attractive to the young, and awakening their enthusiasm for further reading and study.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages:  <\/strong>10-14<\/em>Length: <\/strong><\/span> <\/span>349 pages<\/span><\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback, Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Black and white<\/span><\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2006<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>978-1-59915-012-3<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Ancient History, History<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The First Settlers 2. The Escape from the Burning City 3. The Clever Trick 4. The Boards Are Eaten 5. The Wolf and the Twins 6. Romulus Builds Rome 7. The Maidens Carried Off 8. Union of Sabines and Romans 9. Death of Romulus 10. The Strange Signs of the Romans 11. The Quarrel with Alba 12. The Fight between the Horatii and the Curiatii 13. Tarquin and the Eagle 14. The Roman Youths 15. The King Outwitted 16. The Murder of Tarquin 17. The Ungrateful Children 18. The Mysterious Books 19. Tarquin’s Poppies 20. The Oracle of Delphi 21. The Death of Lucretia 22. The Stern Father 23. A Roman Triumph 24. A Roman Triumph (continued)<\/em> 25. The Defense of the Bridge 26. The Burnt Hand 27. The Twin Gods 28. The Wrongs of the Poor 29. The Fable of the Stomach 30. The Story of Coriolanus 31. The Farmer Hero 32. The New Laws 33. The Death of Virginia 34. The Plans of a Traitor 35. The School-Teacher Punished 36. The Invasion of the Gauls 37. The Sacred Geese 38. Two Heroes of Rome 39. The Disaster at the Caudine Forks 40. Pyrrhus and His Elephants 41. The Elephants Routed 42. Ancient Ships 43. Regulus and the Snake 44. Hannibal Crosses the Alps 45. The Romans Defeated 46. The Inventor Archimedes 47. The Roman Conquests 48. Destruction of Carthage 49. Roman Amusements 50. The Jewels of Cornelia 51. The Death of Tiberius Gracchus <\/em><\/p>\n

52. Caius Gracchus 53. Jugurtha, King of Numidia 54. The Barbarians 55. The Social War 56. The Flight of Marius 57. The Proscription Lists 58. Sertorius and His Doe 59. The Revolt of the Slaves 60. Pompey’s Conquests 61. The Conspiracy of Catiline 62. C\u00e6sar’s Conquests 63. The Crossing of the Rubicon 64. The Battle of Pharsalia 65. The Death of C\u00e6sar 66. The Second Triumvirate 67. The Vision of Brutus 68. Antony and Cleopatra 69. The Poisonous Snake 70. The Augustan Age 71. Death of Augustus 72. Varus Avenged 73. Death of Germanicus 74. Tiberius Smothered 75. The Wild Caligula 76. The Wicked Wives of Claudius 77. Nero’s First Crimes 78. The Christians Persecuted 79. Nero’s Cruelty 80. Two Short Reigns 81. The Siege of Jerusalem 82. The Buried Cities 83. The Terrible Banquet 84. The Emperor’s Tablets 85. The Good Trajan 86. Trajan’s Column 87. The Great Wall 88. Hadrian’s Death 89. Antoninus Pius 90. The Model Pagan 91. Another Cruel Emperor 92. An Unnatural Son 93. The Senate of Women 94. The Gigantic Emperor 95. Invasion of the Goths 96. Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra 97. A Prophecy Fulfulled 98. The First Christian Emperor 99. The Roman Empire Divided 100. An Emperor’s Penance 101. Sieges of Rome 102. End of the Empire of the West<\/em><\/p>\n

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