Great leaders: Historic portraits from the great historians

Biography

The selections terminate with the period of Waterloo, because, while
great leaders have flourished since those days, the historical
perspective is not sufficient to permit that judicial estimate so
necessary for a truly valuable portrait.




CONTENTS.


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THEMISTOCLES AND ARISTIDES. By GEORGE GROTE                            1
(_From the “History of Greece.”_)

PERICLES. By ERNST CURTIUS                                             6
(_From the “History of Greece.”_)

EPAMINONDAS. By ERNST CURTIUS                                         10
(_From the “History of Greece.”_)

ALEXANDER THE GREAT. By GEORGE GROTE                                  14
(_From the “History of Greece.”_)

HANNIBAL. By THEODOR MOMMSEN                                          19
(_From the “History of Rome.”_)

THE GRACCHI. By PLUTARCH                                              23
(_From “Plutarch’s Lives.”_)

CAIUS MARIUS. By JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE                                 27
(_From “Julius Cæsar--A Sketch.”_)

MITHRIDATES, KING OF PONTUS. By THEODOR MOMMSEN                       32
(_From the “History of Rome.”_)

LUCIUS SYLLA. By JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE                                 37
(_From “Julius Cæsar--A Sketch.”_)

POMPEY. By THOMAS KERCHEVER ARNOLD                                    41
(_From the “History of Rome.”_)

SERTORIUS. By PLUTARCH                                                44
(_From “Plutarch’s Lives.”_)

JULIUS CÆSAR. By JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE                                 49
(_From “Julius Cæsar--A Sketch.”_)

TRAJAN. By CHARLES MERIVALE                                           53
(_From the “History of the Romans under the Empire.”_)

THE ANTONINES. By EDWARD GIBBON                                       56
(_From the “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”_)

ZENOBIA, QUEEN OF PALMYRA. By EDWARD GIBBON                           60
(_From the “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”_)

CONSTANTINE, THE FIRST CHRISTIAN EMPEROR. By EDWARD
GIBBON                                                                65
(_From the “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”_)

JULIAN THE APOSTATE. By EDWARD GIBBON                                 70
(_From the “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”_)

THEODOSIUS THE GREAT. By EDWARD GIBBON                                77
(_From the “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”_)

ATTILA, THE SCOURGE OF GOD. By EDWARD GIBBON                          83
(_From the “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”_)

BELISARIUS. By LORD MAHON                                             88
(_From the “Life of Belisarius.”_)

MOHAMMED, THE FOUNDER OF ISLAM. By EDWARD GIBBON                      92
(_From the “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”_)

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