46. Describe the conquest of Spain.

47.

48.

49.

50.

The condition of Rome after the foreign wars.
The policy and death of Tiberius Gracchus. .
Of Scipio Emilianus. Of Caius Gracchus.

The Jugurthine Wars.

51. Tell the history of Marius.

52. Describe the Roman slave-code, and its effects in Sicily.

53.

54.

55.

The dictatorship of Sulla.

The rebellion of Sertorius.

The War of the Gladiators.

56. Relate the history of Pompey.

57. Describe the conspiracy of Catiline.

151-153, 155, 166-170.

60. Describe the three decisive battles of Pharsalia, Philippi, and Ac

67. How many emperors during A. D. 69?

68. Describe the reigns of Vespasian and his two sons.

The contrasted characters of the two grandsons of Julia

217.

217.

80.

The new arrangement of the empire under Diocletian and
his colleagues.

The changes in the empire, from Diocletian's abdication to
the sole reign of Constantine.

84. What change of religion marked this reign?

85. What foreign nations obtained settlements within Roman boundaries?

92. What was the comparative duration of the Eastern and Western empires? . . .

243.

93. What barbarians invaded Italy during the reign of Honorius?.

94. Tell the history of Placidia..

95.

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The successive captures of Rome by Goths and Vandals. 98. How many sovereigns appointed by Count Ricimer? 99. How many by the court at Constantinople.

The extent of the Western empire under Valentinian III. 247. 96. Describe the career of Alaric, and the battle of Chalons. 97.

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248, 249.

245, 249.

250, 251.

251.

100. Who was the last Roman emperor of the West?

101. How many centuries had Rome existed from its foundation?

252.

LIST OF BOOKS RECOMMENDED.

The following works are recommended to the student who desires a more complete account of the nations of antiquity.

Rawlinson's History of the Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World.

Wilkinson's Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians.

Heeren's Researches into the Politics, Commerce, etc., of the Ancient World.

Niebuhr's Lectures on Ancient History.

Layard's Nineveh.

Milman's History of the Jews.

Stanley's History of the Jewish Church.

Josephus's Jewish Antiquities.

Herodotus. (Rawlinson's translation, with illustrative essays, is incomparably

the best.)

Xenophon's Cyropædia, Anabasis, and Memorabilia.

Grote's History of Greece.

Curtius's History of Greece.

Dr. Wm. Smith's History of Greece, in a single volume.

Bulwer's Athens: its Rise and Fall.

St. John's The Hellenes: the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece.

Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World.

Niebuhr's History of Rome.

Arnold's History of Rome.

Mommsen's History of Rome.

Forsyth's Life of Cicero.

Selections from Cicero's Orations.

Cæsar's Commentaries.

Life of Cæsar, by Napoleon III.

Merivale's History of the Romans under the Empire.

Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

LIST OF BOOKS RECOMMENDED.

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Among Stories, Poems, and Dramas illustrative of Ancient History, the following are recommended—the first three especially to the youngest readers.

Kingsley's "Heroes."

Hawthorne's "Wonder-book" and "Tanglewood Tales."

Mrs. Child's "Philothea."

Becker's "Charicles" and "Gallus."

Macaulay's "Lays of Ancient Rome."

Ware's "Zenobia," "Julian,” and “Probus."

Mrs. Charles's "Victory of the Vanquished."

Kingsley's "Hypatia."

Shakespeare's "Coriolanus," "Julius Cæsar," and "Antony and Cleopatra."

Among collections of Engravings, the following should especially be sought. "Description of Egypt," made by the Commission of savans who accompanied the French army in 1798. Commonly called "Napoleon's Egypt." 9 vols. Text, and 14 folio vols. Plates.

Fergusson's "Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored."

Fergusson's "Illustrated Handbook of Architecture."

Botta's "Monuments of Nineveh."

Antiochus I., Soter, 210, 224, Argos, 97, 108, 118, 121, 123, 138, Aspami'tres, 92.

Aristobu'lus, son of Hyrcanus, Astar'te, Ashtaroth, 32, 44.

Aristobu'lus, brother-in-law of Athali'ah, 42.

Aristode'mus, the Heraclid, 114, Athens, Athenians, 84-86, 91-98,

Antoni'nus, M. Aurelius, 336, Armenia, Armenians, 14, 19,

sister of Ptolemy IV., Azari'ah, 42.