PREFACE.


This sketch of the History of Rome covers the period till the reign of
Charles the Great as head of the new Western Empire. The history has
been given as briefly as could be done consistently with such details as
can alone make it interesting to all classes of readers.

CHARLOTTE M. YONGE.




CONTENTS.


CHAP. PAGE.

1.--Italy 13

2.--The Wanderings of Æneas 21

3.--The Founding of Rome. B.C. 753-713 31

4.--Numa and Tullus. B.C. 713-618 39