THE BATTLE OF MARATHON B.C. 490 SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY Introduction by Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. & John Rudd, LL.D. Marathon! A name to conjure up such visions of glory as few battlefields have ever shown. Heroism and determination on the part of the Athenians,
ROME ESTABLISHED AS A REPUBLIC INSTITUTION OF TRIBUNES B.C. 510-494 HENRY GEORGE LIDDELL Introduction by Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. & John Rudd, LL.D. The republic of Rome was the outcome of a sudden revolution caused by the crimes of the House of Tarquin, an Etruscan
RISE OF CONFUCIUS, THE CHINESE SAGE B.C. 550 R.K. DOUGLAS Introduction by Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. & John Rudd, LL.D. Confucius is the Latinized name of Kung Futusze, or “Master Kung,” whose work in China did much to educate the people in social and civic
Conquests of Cyrus The Great B.C. 538 George Grote Introduction by Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. & John Rudd, LL.D. On the destruction of Nineveh three great Powers still stood on the stage of history, being bound together by the strong ties of a mutually supporting
SOLON’S EARLY GREEK LEGISLATION B.C. 594 GEORGE GROTE Introduction by Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. & John Rudd, LL.D. Lycurgus, the reputed Spartan lawgiver, is credited with the construction, about B.C. 800, of the earliest Grecian commonwealth founded upon a specific code of laws. These laws
SOLON’S EARLY GREEK LEGISLATION B.C. 594 GEORGE GROTE Introduction by Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. & John Rudd, LL.D. Lycurgus, the reputed Spartan lawgiver, is credited with the construction, about B.C. 800, of the earliest Grecian commonwealth founded upon a specific code of laws. These laws
PYTHIAN GAMES AT DELPHI B.C. 585 GEORGE GROTE *Brooksy Note: the whole of this text is exactly as written. We have added only titles and boldened sentences in an effort to make the text more reader-friendly and easier to comprehend. It wouldn’t be a stretch
THE FOUNDATION OF BUDDHISM B.C. 623 THOMAS WILLIAM RHYS-DAVIDS *Brooksy Note: the whole of this text is exactly as written. We have added only titles and boldened sentences in an effort to make the text more reader-friendly and easier to comprehend. It wouldn’t be a
PRINCE JIMMU FOUNDS JAPAN’S CAPITAL B.C. 660 SIR ED WARD REED & THE “NIHONGI” *Brooksy Note: the whole of this text is exactly as written. We have added only titles and boldened sentences in an effort to make the text more reader-friendly and easier to
THE FOUNDATION OF ROME B.C. 753 BARTHOLD GEORGE NIEBUHR *Brooksy Note: the whole of this text is exactly as written. We have added only titles and boldened sentences in an effort to make the text more reader-friendly and easier to comprehend. It wouldn’t be a