Description - A Compend of History; From the Earliest Times; Comprehending a General View of the Present State of the World, with the Respect to Civilization, Religion and Government; And a Brief Dissertation on the Importance of Historical Knowledge ... by Samuel Whelpley
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: pared to eclipse forever the glory of the Persians. Greece was fast rising; the morning of her brightest day evidently dawned. Before the fall of Tarquin, Miltiades, Leonidas and Themistocles were born. During this period, also, the Jews, having experienced a captivity of 70 years, were restored by Cyrus, and had returned, and rebuilt their temple at Jerusalem. CHAPTER XII. THE ROMAN EMPIRE, FROM THE EXPULSION OF TARQUIN TO THE CONQUEST OF CARTHAGE. The great and vigorous spirit of Lucius Junius Brutus, displayed in avenging the death of Lucretia, may be regarded as a brilliant specimen of that power and grandeur of mind, in which the Romans surpassed all other nations, both ancient and modern. In variety of genius and taste, the Greeks certainly excelled them; but in a masculine boldness?in a grave, dignified, martial energy, the Romans were never equalled. Brutus and his associates were able to dethrone a powerful tyrant; to abolish a monarchy, which had existed several centuries; and to organize, and put in operation, a new form of government, under which the Roman people rose to the sublimest heights of power, prosperity and splendor. The Roman government, during the reigns of the kings, had, in its original spirit and design, embraced many of the principles of freedom. The king was assisted by a council, consisting of a hundred senators, which number was increased at various times. These were men advanced in years, and venerable for their knowledge, prudence and integrity. The most important acts of government were generally sanctioned by an assembly of the people, or plebeians, particularly acts relative to peace or war, the raising of money, the appointment of chief magistrates, and the election of the monarch. But the kings, and especially Tarquin, had, in a...
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