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Lords of the World: A story of the fall of Carthage and Corinth
LORDS OF THE WORLD
By A. J. CHURCH.
In crown 8vo. Cloth elegant. Illustrated. 6s.
Two Thousand Years Ago
Or, The Adventures of a Roman Boy.
"Adventures well worth the telling. The book is extremely entertaining as well as useful, and there is a wonderful freshness in the Roman scenes and characters."—Times.
"Entertaining in the highest degree from beginning to end, and full of adventure."—Spectator.
"We know of no book which will do more to make the Romans of that day live again for the English render."—Guardian.
London: BLACKIE & SON, Limited, 50 Old Bailey, E.C.
LORDS OF THE WORLD
BLACKIE & SON, Limited, 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.
GLASGOW AND DUBLIN
1898
"FASTEN HIS HANDS, AND FIRMLY TOO; THAT YOUTH MIGHT GIVE US TROUBLE."
PREFACE.
The year 146 B.C. was an annus mirabilis in the development of Roman dominion. Of course it had long been a foregone conclusion that Carthage and Corinth must fall before her, but the actual time of their overthrow was made all the more striking by the fact that both cities perished in the same year, and that both were visited by the same fate. I have attempted in this story to group some picturesque incidents round the person of a young Greek who struggles in vain to resist the destiny of the conquering race. The reader will also find some suggestion of the thought which the Roman historian had in his mind when he wrote: "Carthage, the rival of the Roman Empire, perished root and branch, sea and land everywhere lay open before us, when at last Fortune began to rage against us and throw everything into confusion". The day when Rome rid herself of her rivals seemed to some of her more thoughtful sons to be the first of her corruption and decline.
CONTENTS.
| Chap. | Page | |
| I. | The Fate of the Melcart, | 11 |
| II. | Cleanor, Son of Lysis, | 20 |
| III. | The Last of a Veteran, | 26 |
| IV. | Scipio, | 41 |
| V. | A Great Scheme, | 48 |
| VI. | The Mission, | 61 |
| VII. | The Last of the Greeks, | 70 |
| VIII. | The Corinthian Assembly, | 82 |
| IX. | At Thermopylæ, | 93 |
| X. | A Pinchbeck Alexander, | 109 |
| XI. | The Two Hasdrubals, | 125 |
| XII. | Scipio sets to Work, | 138 |
| XIII. | In the Roman Camp, | 149 |
| XIV. | The Megara, | 155 |
| XV. | The Prisoners, | 165 |
| XVI. |