The Roman History, from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire: Abridged for the Use of Schools (Classic Reprint

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Excerpt from The Roman History, From the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire: Abridged for the Use of SchoolsI hope, therefore, for the reader's indulgence, if in the following attempt it {hall appear, that my only aim was to fupplv a concife, plain, and unaffect ed narrative of the rife and decline of a well known empire, I was contented to make fuch a book, as could notfail of being fervnceable, though, 'of all others, the mol't unlikely to promote the repu tation of the writer. Inltead, therefore, of pre¿ing forward among the ambiti ous, I only claim the merit of, knowing my own lt'rength, and falling back a mong the hindmofi ranks, and with con -fcious inferiority.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.