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The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2

by Rossiter Johnson

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Editor
Rudd, John, LL. D.
Title
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era)
Credits
Juliet Sutherland, David King, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere
Subject
World history
Category
Text
eBook-No.
10114
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10114
Release Date
November 1, 2003
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4.AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE
  5. 5.INSTITUTION AND FALL OF THE DECEMVIRATE IN ROME
  6. 6.PERICLES RULES IN ATHENS
  7. 7.GREAT PLAGUE AT ATHENS
  8. 8.DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE
  9. 9.RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND GREEKS
  10. 10.CONDEMNATION AND DEATH OF SOCRATES
  11. 11.BRENNUS BURNS ROME
  12. 12.TARTAR INVASION OF CHINA BY MEHA
  13. 13.ALEXANDER REDUCES TYRE: LATER FOUNDS ALEXANDRIA
  14. 14.THE BATTLE OF ARBELA
  15. 15.FIRST BATTLE BETWEEN GREEKS AND ROMANS
  16. 16.THE PUNIC WARS
  17. 17.BATTLE OF THE METAURUS
  18. 18.SCIPIO AFRICANUS CRUSHES HANNIBAL AT ZAMA AND SUBJUGATES CARTHAGE
  19. 19.JUDAS MACCABÆUS LIBERATES JUDEA
  20. 20.THE GRACCHI AND THEIR REFORMS
  21. 21.CAESAR CONQUERS GAUL[ 68 ]
  22. 22.ROMAN INVASION AND CONQUEST OF BRITAIN
  23. 23.CLEOPATRA'S CONQUEST OF CÆSAR AND ANTONY
  24. 24.ASSASSINATION OF CÆSAR
  25. 25.ROME BECOMES A MONARCHY; DEATH OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
  26. 26.GERMANS UNDER ARMINIUS REVOLT AGAINST ROME
  27. 27.CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY

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