Greek Gods- Rome- Middle Ages- England
- Автор: Harding Samuel B.
- Год: 1909
- Язык: английский
- Год: Heritage History
- Жанр: История
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Greek Gods and Heroes
City of the Seven Hills
The Story of the Middle Ages
The Story of England
Condition of Gaul.
Caesar's victory over the Swiss.
His march against the Germans; trouble with his soldiers.
Extent of his conquests; expeditions into Germany and Britain.
Caesar's character as a general.
XXV.—Caesar and the Beginning of the Empire
Failure of the government of Rome; the remedy.
Pompey joins the party of the Senate; plans against Caesar.
Caesar crosses the Rubicon; the second civil war begins.
Flight of Pompey to Greece; Caesar goes to Spain.
Caesar follows Pompey to Greece; defeat and death of Pompey
Further conquests of Caesar; mutiny of his soldiers.
Caesar's four-fold triumph.
Caesar as Emperor; his reforms.
Plot against Caesar; his death.
His character.
XXVI.—Rome in the Time of Augustus
Struggles after Caesar's death; his nephew becomes Emperor.
The good rule of Augustus; boundaries of the Empire.
Literature under Augustus; the poet Horace.
A day in Rome: clients and the morning reception; the business in the Forum; the mid-day rest; exercise in the Field of Mars; the baths; the banquet.
XXVII.—The Empire After Augustus
The successors of Augustus; Nero.
The Good Emperors: Trajan; Hadrian; Marcus Aurelius.
Decline of the Empire; danger from the Germans; the emperor Diocletian.
Constantine the Great; the Christian religion; Constantinople.
Division of the Empire; attacks of the Germans; fall of the Empire of the West.
The German conquest paves the way for modern Europe.
XXVIII.—The Christians and the Empire
Spread of Christianity in the Empire.
Attitude of the government; "To the lions with the Christians!"
Persecution under Nero.
The Catacombs.
Bravery of the Martyrs; Polycarp.
Failure of the persecutions to check the growth of Christianity.
The Empire becomes Christian; Constantine; end of the old religion.
XXIX.—The Remains of Rome
Roman remains: language, laws, ruins.
Eruption of Vesuvius, 79 A. D.
Discovery of the buried cities; Pompeii.
Streets and public buildings of Pompeii.
The private dwellings.
Pictures and furniture.
Pompeiian shops.
Writings on the walls.
Disappearance of the ancient remains at Rome.
The old in the new.
Chronological Outline
For the sake of completeness, some names and events have been introduced into this outline which are not mentioned in the text. These are distinguished by being printed in italics.
Date B.C. Event 753. Rome founded (legendary date). 753-509. Rome under the rule of Kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius Priscus, Servius Tullius, Tarquinius Sufterbus (Tarquin the Proud). 509. The Kings driven out, and a republic set up. 509-345. Frequent wars with the Etruscans, Volscians, Aequians, and other neighboring peoples. Struggle for existence during the first sixty years; after that, neighboring country gradually conquered. 494. Secession of the plebeians to the Sacred Mount. Creation of the tribunes of the people. 451. Ten men (Decemvirs) appointed to rule the state and publish the laws; the Twelve Tables of the Law. Misrule of Appius Claudius; the story of Virginia. 396. Capture of Veii by Camillus. 390. Battle by the brook Allia, and capture of Rome by the Gauls. 367. Plebeians admitted to the consulship, (laws of Licinius and Sextius). 343-290. Three wars with the Samnites (a mountain people of Southern Italy). Revolt and conquest of the Latin neighbors of Rome. The Romans become the chief people in Italy. 282-272. War with King Pyrrhus; battles of Heraclea, Ausculum, and Beneventum; conquest of Tarentum. Rome now mistress of the peninsula of Italy. 264-241. First War with Carthage. Rome gains Sicily and (later) Sardinia. 225-222. Cis-Alpine Gaul (the valley of the Po) conquered. 218-201. Second War with Carthage. Hannibal marches into Italy; battles of Ticinus, Trebia, and Lake Trasimenus; battle of Cannae; Roman victories in Spain and Sicily; Hannibal's reinforcements defeated in the battle of the Metaurus; Roman victories in Africa; recall of Hannibal; battle of Zama. 200-168. Wars with Macedonia. Battle of Cynoscephalae; Greek states set free from Macedonia; victory of Aemilius Paullus over King Perseus at Pydna. (Macedonia made a Roman province, 146 B.C.) 192-189. War with Syria (in Asia). 149-146. Third War with Carthage. Capture and destruction of the city by Scipio Aemilianus. 146. War with Greek states (Achaean league). Destruction of Corinth. 143-133. Wars with the tribes of Spain. 133. Tiberius Gracchus elected tribune. 123. Caius Gracchus elected tribune. 111-105. War with Jugurtha, in Africa. 113-101. Wars with German tribes (Cimbri and Teutones). Victories of Marius at Aquae Sextiae (102), and Vercellae (101 ). 90-88. Revolt of the Italians: Rome forced to admit them to citizenship. 88-64. Three wars with King Mithradates of Pontus (in Asia Minor). The first war was brought to an end by Sulla; the third by Pompey, by whom Pontus was annexed to the Roman territory. 88-82. Civil war between Sulla (party of the nobles) and Marius (party of the people). 80-72. Rebellion in Spain (under Sertorius); put down by Pompey. 73-71. Rebellion of gladiators and slaves about Mt. Vesuvius (under Spartacus); put down by Pompey. 67. Pompey overcomes the pirates. 67 66-62. Plot of Catiline at Rome; Cicero consul. 6o. Agreement between Pompey. Caesar, and Crassus (first triumvirate). Caesar elected consul. 58-51. Conquest of Gaul by Caesar. 49-48. Civil war between Caesar and Pompey. Defeat of Pompey at Pharsalus. Caesar becomes sole ruler of Rome (emperor). 48-45. War against the followers of Pompey in Africa and Spain. 44,Mar-15. Caesar slain. (Brutus and Cassius, leaders of the plot.) 42. Brutus and Cassius defeated by Octavius (the nephew of Caesar) and Antony, in the battle of Philippi. 31-30. War between Octavius and Antony. Defeat of Antony at Actium. Octavius becomes Emperor, and takes the name Augustus. 31 B.C.-14 A.D Augustus, emperor. Date A.D. Event 54-68. Nero, emperor. Fire at Rome; persecution of the Christians. 98-117, Trajan, emperor. 117-138. Hadrian, emperor. 161-180. Marcus Aurelius, emperor. 284-305. Diocletian, emperor. 323-337. Constantine the Great. The empire becomes Christian; founding of Constantinople as the capital of the empire. 375. The German tribes begin to come into the Empire in large numbers. 395. The Empire permanently divided into a Western Empire, with its capital at Rome, and an Eastern Empire, with its capital at Constantinople. 410. Rome plundered by the Goths under Alaric. 476. End of the Western Empire.