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  LORDS OF THE WORLD

  +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | BY A. J. CHURCH. | | | | _In crown 8vo. Cloth elegant. Illustrated. 6s._ | | | | Two Thousand Years Ago | | | | Or, The Adventures of a Roman Boy. | | | | | | "Adventures well worth the telling. The book is extremely | | entertaining as well as useful, and there is a wonderful | | freshness in the Roman scenes and characters."--_Times._ | | | | "Entertaining in the highest degree from beginning to | | end, and full of adventure."--_Spectator._ | | | | "We know of no book which will do more to make the Romans | | of that day live again for the English render." | | --_Guardian._ | | | | | | LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LIMITED, 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C. | +-----------------------------------------------------------+

  LORDS OF THE WORLD

  A STORY OF THE FALL OF CARTHAGE AND CORINTH

  BY THE REV. ALFRED J. CHURCH Author of "Two Thousand Years Ago" "Stories from Homer", &c.

  _WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY RALPH PEACOCK_

  LONDON BLACKIE & SON, LIMITED, 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C. GLASGOW AND DUBLIN 1898

  "FASTEN HIS HANDS, AND FIRMLY TOO; THAT YOUTH MIGHT GIVEUS TROUBLE."]

  PREFACE.

  The year 146 B.C. was an _annus mirabilis_ in the development of Romandominion. Of course it had long been a foregone conclusion that Carthageand Corinth must fall before her, but the actual time of their overthrowwas made all the more striking by the fact that both cities perished inthe same year, and that both were visited by the same fate. I haveattempted in this story to group some picturesque incidents round theperson of a young Greek who struggles in vain to resist the destiny ofthe conquering race. The reader will also find some suggestion of thethought which the Roman historian had in his mind when he wrote:"Carthage, the rival of the Roman Empire, perished root and branch, seaand land everywhere lay open before us, when at last Fortune began torage against us and throw everything into confusion". The day when Romerid herself of her rivals seemed to some of her more thoughtful sons tobe the first of her corruption and decline.

  A. J. C.

  ASHLEY, _April 22, 1897_.

  CONTENTS.

  CHAP. Page

  I. THE FATE OF THE _MELCART_, 11

  II. CLEANOR, SON OF LYSIS, 20

  III. THE LAST OF A VETERAN, 26

  IV. SCIPIO, 41

  V. A GREAT SCHEME, 48

  VI. THE MISSION, 61

  VII. THE LAST OF THE GREEKS, 70

  VIII. THE CORINTHIAN ASSEMBLY, 82

  IX. AT THERMOPYLÆ, 93

  X. A PINCHBECK ALEXANDER, 109

  XI. THE TWO HASDRUBALS, 125

  XII. SCIPIO SETS TO WORK, 138

  XIII. IN THE ROMAN CAMP, 149

  XIV. THE MEGARA, 155

  XV. THE PRISONERS, 165

  XVI. BAAL HAMMON, 179

  XVII. MOVE AND COUNTERMOVE, 198

  XVIII. HELP FROM THE HILLS, 206

  XIX. THE BATTLE ON THE ISTHMUS, 213

  XX. TREACHERY, 222

  XXI. POLYBIUS, 230

  XXII. A PLEASURE TRIP, 241

  XXIII. DIPLOMACY, 253

  XXIV. IN SORE NEED, 266

  XXV. A REFUGE IN THE STORM, 276

  XXVI. THE STORMING OF THE UPPER CITY, 284

  XXVII. A PRECIOUS BOOK, 297

  XXVIII. THE END OF CARTHAGE, 309

  XXIX. AT DELOS, 317

  XXX. CORINTH, 326

  XXXI. MUMMIUS, 336

  XXXII. THE SLAVE-DEALER, 342

  XXXIII. TO ITALY, 351

  XXXIV. AT MISENUM, 355

  XXXV. THE WORLD WELL LOST, 369

  XXXVI. BEYOND THE SUNSET, 378