
The Story of Rome, From the Earliest Times to the Death of Augustus, Told to Boys and Girls
By Mary MacgregorLength12h 55m
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Excerpt: "Long, long years ago, Troy, one of the great cities in Asia Minor, was taken by the Greeks. Many mighty Trojans had defended their city well, and among them all none had fought more bravely than the prince Æneas. But when Æneas saw that the Greeks had set fire to the city, he fled, carrying, it is said, his father on his shoulders, and grasping by the hand his son Ascanius. Moreover, so precious to him was the sacred image of the goddess Pallas, that he saved it from the burning city."
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length12 hrs 55 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 8, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I THE LADY ROMA
2CHAPTER II THE SHE-WOLF
3CHAPTER III THE TWIN BOYS
4CHAPTER IV NUMITOR RECOGNISES HIS GRANDSONS
5CHAPTER V THE SACRED BIRDS
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6CHAPTER VI THE FOUNDING OF ROME
7CHAPTER VII THE SABINE MAIDENS
8CHAPTER VIII THE TARPEIAN ROCK
9CHAPTER IX THE MYSTERIOUS GATE
10CHAPTER X THE KING DISAPPEARS
11CHAPTER XI THE PEACE-LOVING KING
12CHAPTER XII HORATIUS SLAYS HIS SISTER
13CHAPTER XIII THE PRIDE OF TULLUS HOSTILIUS
14CHAPTER XIV THE KING WHO FOUGHT AND PRAYED
15CHAPTER XV THE FAITHLESS FRIEND
16CHAPTER XVI A SLAVE BECOMES A KING
17CHAPTER XVII THE CRUEL DEED OF TULLIA
18CHAPTER XVIII THE FATE OF THE TOWN OF GABII
19CHAPTER XIX THE BOOKS OF THE SIBYL
20CHAPTER XX THE INDUSTRY OF LUCRETIA
21CHAPTER XXI THE DEATH OF LUCRETIA
22CHAPTER XXII THE SONS OF BRUTUS
23CHAPTER XXIII HORATIUS COCLES, OR THE ONE-EYED
24CHAPTER XXIV GAIUS MUCIUS BURNS HIS RIGHT HAND
25CHAPTER XXV THE DIVINE TWINS
26CHAPTER XXVI THE TRIBUNES
27CHAPTER XXVII CORIOLANUS AND HIS MOTHER VETURIA
28CHAPTER XXVIII THE ROMAN ARMY IN A TRAP
29CHAPTER XXIX THE HATED DECEMVIRS
30CHAPTER XXX THE DEATH OF VERGINIA
31CHAPTER XXXI THE FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE
32CHAPTER XXXII CAMILLUS CAPTURES THE CITY OF VEII
33CHAPTER XXXIII THE STATUE OF THE GODDESS
34CHAPTER XXXIV THE SCHOOLMASTER WHO PROVED A TRAITOR
35CHAPTER XXXV THE BATTLE OF ALLIA
36CHAPTER XXXVI THE SACRED GEESE
37CHAPTER XXXVII THE CITY IS REBUILT
38CHAPTER XXXVIII CAMILLUS SETS THE CAMP OF THE VOLSCIANS ON FIRE
39CHAPTER XXXIX THE BATTLE ON THE BANKS OF THE ANIO
40CHAPTER XL THE CURTIAN LAKE
41CHAPTER XLI THE DREAM OF THE TWO CONSULS
42CHAPTER XLII THE CAUDINE FORKS
43CHAPTER XLIII THE DISGRACE OF THE CAUDINE FORKS AVENGED
44CHAPTER XLIV FABIUS AMONG THE CIMINIAN HILLS
45CHAPTER XLV THE BATTLE OF SENTINUM
46CHAPTER XLVI THE SON OF FABIUS LOSES A BATTLE
47CHAPTER XLVII PYRRHUS, KING OF THE EPIROTS
48CHAPTER XLVIII THE ELEPHANTS AT THE BATTLE OF HERACLEA
49CHAPTER XLIX PYRRHUS TRIES TO FRIGHTEN FABRICIUS
50CHAPTER L PYRRHUS IS DEFEATED