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Gibbon's ambition from early youth, he said, was to be a writer of history, and his early life was one of constant study and preparation for his great life work, "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." This work is one of the greatest historical works written, and has placed Gibbon with Hume and Robertson at the head of English historians. Gibbon's idea was that history, besides the necessary technicalities, should be literature, and this was a great factor in his success...
...staying for five years at Lausanne Switzerland, where he made the acquaintance of Voltaire and Madamoiselle Churchod, the mother of Madame de Stael. He went back to England at 21, only to return to the continent a few years later, visiting Rome and receiving there his inspiration to write Roman history...
Probably the most interesting and valuable edition is Goltzius's "Lives of the Emperors from Caesar to Charles V." This contains 157 large medallion prints of the Roman Emperors, and is very rare and of great value to collectors. It is dated...
Classics.--Greek for Beginners; *Life of the Ancient Greeks; Latin for Teachers; *the Roman Poets. Professors C. B. Gulick and E. K. Rand, and Dr. A. S. Pease...
History and Government.--*Ancient Greek History; *Ancient Roman History; *European History from A.D. 800 to 1648; *American History from A.D. 1763 to 1829; *Civil Government; *Municipal Government. Professors W. MacDonald, W. S. Ferguson, and W. M. Munro...