The Bookshelf for boys and girls Little Journeys into Bookland (1912)
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seanother nation, called Rome, which became insome respects greater than Greece ever was.When Julius Caesar died, nearly fifty years beforeChrist, Rome was mistress of the known world.Every nation bowed down before her and halfthe world paid tribute to her. In the reign ofthe Emperor Augustus, who… … o OS au u o OS a> 118 SOME GREAT WRITERS OF OLDEN TIMES with silks and jewels, and gold and silver, andperfumes and spices, and all the rare and delicatethings of the world, for the Romans spared noexpense to provide pleasure and comfort forthemselves. If you could see Rome as it was then, with…
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