THE catastrophe of the fall of Rome, with all that its fall signified to the fifth century, came very near to accomplishment in the third. There was a long period when it seemed as though nothing could save the Empire. Her prestige sank to the vanishing point. Her armies had forgotten what it was to win a victory over a foreign enemy. Her Emperors were worthless and incapable. On every side the frontiers were being pierced and the barriers were giving way...
Alexander the Great
Jacob Abbott
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Yale Classics (Vol. 2) : The Rise and Fall of Rome: The Greatest Works of the Roman Classical Literature
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Julius Caesar, Boethius, Horace, Plutarch, Apuleius, Virgil, Persius, Terence, Ammianus Marcellinus, Sallust, Juvenal, Lucan, Suetonius, Tibullus, Tacitus, Petronius, Cornelius Nepos, Lucretius, Martial, Catullus, Cicero, Claudian, Pliny the Younger, Saint Augustine of Hippo, Plautus, Ennius, Propertius, The Metamorphoses, Augustus, Quintilian
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Tribal Custom in Anglo-Saxon Law : Being an Essay Supplemental to (1) 'The English Village Community', (2) 'The Tribal System in Wales'
Frederic Seebohm
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Illustrated
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A Day in Prison: An Insider's Guide to Life Behind Bars
John Fuller
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Summary of American Prison
Paul Adams
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History of Julius Caesar
Jacob Abbott
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Xerxes
Jacob Abbott
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Barbarian and Noble
Marion Lansing
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The Gallic War & The Civil War : Historical Account of Caesar's Military Campaign in Gaul & The Roman Civil War
Julius Caesar
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Seneca's Letters from a Stoic
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, The griffin classics
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The Story of the Crusades
E. M. Wilmot-Buxton
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