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Ancient Rome: Elementary

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high school
enrichment
PICTURE BOOKS
BEGINNING READERS
IMAGINATIVE (see Greek Mythology selections)
LEGENDARY/EPIC HEROES
FC   S5-84   Perilous Voyage of Aeneas
BH  10-203  The Wanderings of Aeneas
CULTURAL
FC   OC16   Our Little Roman Cousin of Long Ago
♥   Our Little Roman Cousin of Long Ago by Julia Darrow Cowles
FICTION
BH   7-145   The Dog of Pompeii
HISTORICAL
FC  S6-163   Story of Cincinnatus
FC  S11-20   Story of Regulus
$   ​Augustus Caesar's World by Genevieve Foster (1947)
The book opens with the story of Julius Caesar and expands to cover what was happening all around the world at the same time.
♥   Little Arthur’s History of Rome  by Hezekiah Butterworth (1892)
From the Golden Age to Constantine
"I have sought to give a popular introduction to the best classical reading . . .[from] Virgil, Livy, Suetonius . . .to make a classical course of study a delight."

♥   Stories from the History of Rome by Emily Beesly (1895)
Mrs. Beesly has attempted to tell the story of Rome in words so simple that even a child of 4 to 6 could understand, focusing on Rome's strengths: duty to parents and duty to country.  
♥   Stories of Old Rome by Mara Pratt (1896)
An upper elementary child may enjoy reading this history to himself.  Mara Pratt was a popular writer who made history interesting to children. 
♥   Stories from Roman History by Lena Dakleith
 Heritage History
►  ​Weiss, Jim    Julius Caesar and the Story of Rome
HISTORICAL FICTION
FC   S9-60   ​Story of Horatius, the Roman Boy
♦   $   ​The Dancing Bear  by Peter Dickinson
Adventure story set in the 558 AD world of the Byzantine Empire. 'A Greek slave, his dancing bear, and an old holy man journey from Byzantium to rescue the slave's young mistress from the Huns.'
♦   The Young Cicero by James Barbary
Young Biographies
BIOGRAPHIES
FC   S11-341   Boy Who Loved Justice -- Marcus Aurelius
FC   G3-187   Children's Plutarch:   Tales of the Romans
$   ​Famous Men of Rome John H. Haaren
Features 29 stories of Rome's greatest lives from the founding to the fall. Meet such great historical figures as Horatius, Camillus, Caesar and Cicero.
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$    ​​= Purchase
FC  = Forgotten Classics Family Library
JC   = Junior Classics (1962 edition)
BH = My Book House (1971 edition)
Delphian Course (1913 edition)
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      • 6 Journey of Lifetime
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