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Frederick James Gould. The Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Romans
The Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Romans
Table of Contents
Introduction
Preface
The Twins (Romulus and Remus)
WHAT THE FOREST LADY SAID
Why the Romans Bore Pain (Brutus and Mutius)
THE SECOND FOUNDER OF ROME
The Man Who Waited (Fabius)
How a Woman Saved Rome (Coriolanus and Volumnia)
The Triumph (Æmilius Paulus)
A Roman Undismayed (Marcellus)
CATO THE STERN
THE GENERAL WHO ATE DRY BREAD
The Red General (Sulla)
BATTLE-FIELDS AND GARDENS
THE MAN WHO LOVED GOLD
The White Fawn (Sertorius)
THE CONQUEROR OF PIRATES
CAESAR AND HIS FORTUNE
The Man Who Seldom Laughed (Cato the Younger)
Two Noble Brothers (The Gracchi)
Tully (Cicero)
THE MAN WHO LOOKED LIKE HERCULES
CAESAR'S FRIEND AND ENEMY
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Frederick James Gould
Published by Good Press, 2020
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“O men, do you wish to hurt us women still more? We were carried away from our fathers and brothers. And now what do we see? Our fathers and brothers are in deadly quarrel with our husbands. Whoever is killed is a lost friend to us. This war robs us of our husbands and our brothers and fathers. We beseech you to stop.”
And the Romans and Sabines heard the prayer of the women and made peace, and became one people. How happy it would be if all the tribes of the earth to-day did likewise! And you girls who read this page must help in the making of peace all over the world.
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