Romulus is a historical narrative from Jacob Abbott's Makers of History series, retelling the life of Rome's legendary founder from ancient sources. It presents early Roman legend and tradition in a clear, connected account, useful for readers interested in classical history and myth.
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Makers of History Romulus By JACOB ABBOTT WITH ENGRAVINGS logo NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1901 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by HARPER & BROTHERS, in the Clerk's Office for the Southern District of New York. Copyright, 1880, by Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Austin Abbott, Lyman Abbott, and Edward Abbott. The Harpies. The Harpies.
PREFACE In writing the series of historical narratives to which the present work pertains, it has been the object of the author to furnish to the reading community of this country an accurate and faithful account of the lives and actions of the several personages that are made successively the subjects of the volumes, following precisely the story which has come down to us from ancient times. The writer has spared no pains to gain access in all cases to the original sources of information, and has confined himself strictly to them. The reader may, therefore, feel assured in perusing any one of these works, that the interest of it is in no degree indebted to the invention of the author. No incident, however trivial, is ever added to the original account, nor are any words even, in any case, attributed to a speaker without express authority. Whatever of interest, therefore, these stories may possess, is due solely to the facts themselves which are recorded in them, and to their being brought together in a plain, simple, and connected narrative. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. CADMUS 13 II. CADMUS'S LETTERS 36 III. THE STORY OF ÆNEAS 59 IV. THE DESTRUCTION OF TROY 79 V. THE FLIGHT OF ÆNEAS 103 VI. THE LANDING IN LATIUM 131 VII. RHEA SILVIA 155 VIII. THE TWINS 179
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