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A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS
ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED NARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY. WITH THOROUGH INDICES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES. AND COURSES OF READING
_An Outline Narrative of the Great Events_, xi CHARLES F. HORNE
_Germanicus in Germany (A.D. 13-16)_, 1 TACITUS
_The Crucifixion (A.D. 30)_, 23 FREDERIC WILLIAM FARRAR
_The Rise and Spread of Christianity (A.D. 33)_, 40 RENAN WISE NEWMAN
_Burning of Rome under Nero (A.D. 64)_, 108 SIENKIEWICZ TACITUS
_Persecution of the Christians under Nero (A.D. 64-68)_, 134 FREDERIC WILLIAM FARRAR
_The Great Jewish Revolt_ _Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem (A.D. 70)_, 150 JOSEPHUS
_Destruction of Pompeii (A.D. 79)_, 207 PLINY LYTTON
_The Jews' Last Struggle for Freedom_ _Their Final Dispersion (A.D. 132)_, 222 CHARLES MERIVALE
_Martyrdom of Polycarp and Justin Martyr_ _Polycarp's Epistle to the Philippians (A.D. 155)_, 231 HOMERSHAM COX POLYCARP
_Persecution of the Christians in Gaul (A.D. 177)_, 246 FRANÇOIS P. G. GUIZOT
_Beginning of Rome's Decline_ _Commodus (A.D. 180)_, 263 EDWARD GIBBON
_Eventful Reign of Sapor I, King of Persia (A.D. 241)_, 277 GEORGE RAWLINSON
_Conversion of Constantine_ _Decline of Paganism (A.D. 300-337)_, 289 JOHANN L. VON MOSHEIM
_First Nicene Council_ _Rise and Decline of Arianism (A.D. 325)_, 299 JOHANN L. VON MOSHEIM ARTHUR P. STANLEY
_Foundation of Constantinople (A.D. 330)_, 320 EDWARD GIBBON
_Julian the Apostate Becomes Emperor of Rome (A.D. 360)_, 333 EDWARD GIBBON
_The Huns and Their Western Migration (A.D. 374-376)_, 352 MARCELLINUS
_Final Division of Roman Empire_ _The Disruptive Intrigues (A.D. 395)_, 364 J. B. BURY
_Universal Chronology (A.D. 13-409)_, 385 JOHN RUDD