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Title: The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Westermann, William Linn, 1873-1954
Subjects: History, Ancient
Publisher: New York : London : D. Appleton and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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y Gatteschi. per and other spices, ivory, skins, and other oriental products.540. A Contemporary Picture of the Empires Prosperity.—Tertullian, a Christian writer born about 160 a. d., hasleft us a vivid picture of the trade and high developmentof the Roman world in his day: Certainly the world becomes each day more beautiful andmore magnificent. No corner has remained inaccessible; everyspot is known and frequented, and is the scene or object of busi-ness transactions. Explore the deserts lately famous—verdure THE EMPIRE AT A STANDSTILL 431 covers them. The tilled field has conquered the forest, wildbeasts retreat before the flocks of domestic animals. The sandsare cultivated, rock is broken up, swamps are transformed intodry land. You are sure to find everywhere a dwelling, every-where a nation, a state, eve^where life. 541. The Imperial City, Rome.—It was during the ruleof the Julians, Flavians, and Antonines that Rome becamethe immortal city whose ruins astonish the traveler
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Column of Trajan and Ruins of the Forum of Trajan.The Column is Now Surmounted by a Statue of St. Peter. at the present day. The emperors, one after the other,increased the size and beauty of the forum, until it con-sisted of five different plazas, surrounded by temples andpublic buildings of costly marble. The most splendid ofthese was the forum of Trajan. At one end stood thecolumn of Trajan, on which his wars with the Dacianswere carved in a spiral band running to the top of thecolumn. A large basilica and library, and the open space28 432 THE STORY OF ROME of the forum surrounded with columns, completed the fineappearance of the place. Triumphal arches of stone, statues of every kind, greatpublic baths, theaters, and the palaces of the wealthy, andabove all the vast Colosseum, made the Rome of the Empirea city second to none in the world. 542. Religious Development Under the Antonines.—Theperiod of the Antonines was one in which the end of the oldRoman religion could easily be f

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  • booksubject:History__Ancient
  • bookpublisher:New_York___London___D__Appleton_and_Company
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