CXXIV. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA DIE 421 CXXV. THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS 425 INDEX 427 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Verginius left his beautiful young daughter Verginia in the care of her nurse, _Frontispiece_ AT PAGE A she-wolf, coming to the edge of the river to drink, heard their cries, 6 When she saw Horatius wearing on his shoulders the cloak of her betrothed, she broke into bitter sobs, 30 She carried in her arms nine books, 46 ‘O my mother, thou hast saved Rome, but thou hast lost thy son,’ 72 Seated in chairs of ivory, sat a number of strange, venerable old men, 100 The youth laid the arms he had taken from his foe at his father’s feet, 120 The armour of Pyrrhus was richer and more beautiful than that of his soldiers, 146 ‘I carry here peace and war, choose, men of Carthage, which ye will,’ 176 ‘We are beaten, O Romans, in a great battle, our army is destroyed,’ 190 A messenger was seen spurring his horse toward the city, 213 His progress was as that of a king, 232 So Carthage was given to the flames, 258 Here it would be possible, he thought, to hold the enemy at bay, 276 Jugurtha came to the tent of his father-in-law unarmed, 292 Gaius Marius sitting in exile among the ruins of Carthage, 320 Lists of those who were doomed were hung up in the Forum, 336 The following morning Cicero made another speech against Catiline, 352 Looking down upon the stream, he stood awhile deep in thought, 378 Here, sheltered by steep cliffs, he sat down to rest, 412 THE STORY OF ROME CHAPTER I THE LADY ROMA Long, long years ago, Troy, one of the great cities in Asia Minor, was taken by the Greeks. Many mighty Trojans had defended their city well, and among them all none had fought more bravely than the prince Æneas. But when Æneas saw that the Greeks had set fire to the city, he fled, carrying, it is said, his father on his shoulders, and grasping by the hand his son Ascanius. Moreover, so precious to him was the sacred image of the goddess Pallas, that he saved it from the burning city.