The epic masterpiece of world history continues with Volume 2! Featuring: INSTITUTION AND FALL OF THE DECEMVIRATE IN ROME, BY Henry Liddell PERICLES RULES IN ATHENS, by Plutarch GREAT PLAGUE AT ATHENS, by George Grote DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE, by Edward Creasy RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND GREEKS, by Xenophon CONDEMNATION AND DEATH OF SOCRATES, by Plato BRENNUS BURNS ROME, by Barthold Niebuhr TARTAR INVASION OF CHINA BY MEHA, by Demetrius Boulger ALEXANDER REDUCES TYRE: LATER FOUNDS ALEXANDRIA, by Oliver Goldsmith THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, by Edward Creasy FIRST BATTLE BETWEEN GREEKS AND ROMANS, by Plutarch THE PUNIC WARS, by Florus BATTLE OF THE METAURUS, by Edward Creasy SCIPIO AFRICANUS CRUSHES HANNIBAL AT ZAMA AND SUBJUGATES CARTHAGE, by Livy JUDAS MACCABÆUS LIBERATES JUDEA, by Josephus THE GRACCHI AND THEIR REFORMS, by Theodor Mommsen CAESAR CONQUERS GAUL, by Napoleon III ROMAN INVASION AND CONQUEST OF BRITAIN, by Oliver Goldsmith CLEOPATRA'S CONQUEST OF CÆSAR AND ANTONY, by John Mahaffy ASSASSINATION OF CÆSAR, by Niehbur & Plutarch ROME BECOMES A MONARCHY; DEATH OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, by Henry Liddell GERMANS UNDER ARMINIUS REVOLT AGAINST ROME, by Edward Creasy