Historians' History of the World A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by over Two Thousand of the Great Writers of all Ages Volume V The Roman Republic

Williams, Henry Smith, Walter Lynwood Fleming, Rupert Hughes, (editor), et al.

Published by The History Association, London and New York, 1907

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Royal octavo, [25cm/10inches], full gilt-embossed cloth, sans dust jacket, pp. xii, 653. Illustrated with numerous textural vignettes b-w halftones, &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. . Beginning with the early legends of the Founding of Rome and of the Roman Kingdom, it quickly proceeds to the Roman Republic, its development and rise to supremacy via its wars (Punic Wars, Samnite Wars, Macedonian Wars, the Roman conquest of Italy) and moves on to the final days of the Republic, the reforms of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, as well as those of Gaius Marius and his civil wars with Sulla following the Jugurthine War in Africa on to the rise of Pompey and his war against Julius Caesar, the Catiline conspiracy, and ultimately the Crisis of the Roman Republic and its fall. . Henry Smith Williams was a medical doctor and a prolific author. Historians' History of the World published in New York in 1902 by Encyclopędia Britannica and the Outlook Company. It was also published in London printed by Morrison & Gibb Limited, of Edinburgh. A second edition was published in 1907 in London by The Times. Two further volumes were subsequently released in the 5th edition of 1926, titled "These eventful years" and dealing with the First World War, published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. In exceptionally good condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Historians' History of the World A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by over Two Thousand of the Great Writers of all Ages Volume V The Roman Republic
• Publisher: The History Association, London and New York
• Publication Date: 1907
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: No
• Seller catalogs:
  • Ancient History Rome