The Story of the Romans

H. A. Guerber

The Story of the Romans by H. A. Guerber. 102 sections, 7 hr 31 min. Public domain recording (LibriVox).

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Length: 7 hr 31 min
Sections: 102
Language: English
Level: Elementary
Read by: many LibriVox volunteers
Source: LibriVox
Internet Archive: story_of_the_romans_1504_librivox
Rights: Public domain — LibriVox recording of a public-domain text

Chapters

001 - The First Settlers 5:20
002 - The Escape From the Burning City 5:40
003 - The Clever Trick 4:56
004 - The Boards are Eaten 4:06
005 - The Wolf and the Twins 5:15
006 - Romulus Builds Rome 4:56
007 - The Maidens Carried Off 3:26
008 - Union of Sabines and Romans 2:24
009 - Death of Romulus 3:03
010 - The Strange Signs of the Romans 5:35
011 - The Quarrel with Alba 4:26
012 - The Fight with the Horatii and the Curiatii 6:01
013 - Tarquin and the Eagle 3:40
014 - The Roman Youths 3:27
015 - The King Outwitted 4:57
016 - The Murder of Tarquin 3:15
017 - The Ungrateful Children 7:06
018 - The Mysterious Books 5:19
019 - Tarquin's Poppies 3:06
020 - The Oracle of Delphi 3:16
021 - The Death of Lucretia 5:26
022 - The Stern Father 5:31
023 - A Roman Triumph 4:05
024 - A Roman Triumph (continued) 3:34
025 - The Defense of the Bridge 3:59
026 - The Burnt Hand 4:29
027 - The Twin Gods 3:13
028 - The Wrongs of the Poor 4:51
029 - The Fable of the Stomach 5:46
030 - The Story of Coriolanus 6:06
031 - The Farmer Hero 5:21
032 - The New Laws 4:29
033 - The Death of Virginia 2:52
034 - The Plans of a Traitor 5:05
035 - The School-Teacher Punished 3:42
036 - The Invasion of the Gauls 3:17
037 - The Sacred Geese 5:09
038 - Two Heroes of Rome 3:21
039 - The Disaster at the Caudine Forks 5:10
040 - Pyrrhus and His Elephants 4:50
041 - The Elephants Routed 4:22
042 - Ancient Ships 4:55
043 - Regulus and the Snake 4:13
044 - Hannibal Crosses the Alps 3:56
045 - The Romans Defeated 4:03
046 - The Inventor Achimedes 5:39
047 - The Roman Conquests 3:33
048 - Destruction of Carthage 4:07
049 - Roman Amusements 4:29
050 - The Jewels of Cornelia 4:35
051 - The Death of Tiberius Gracchus 3:42
052 - Caius Gracchus 3:30
053 - Jugurtha, King of Numidia 3:52
054 - The Barbarians 5:04
055 - The Social War 3:57
056 - The Flight of Marius 4:41
057 - The Proscription Lists 5:38
058 - Sertorius and His Doe 5:08
059 - The Revolt of the Slaves 4:52
060 - Pompey's Conquests 5:29
061 - The Conspiracy of Catiline 5:52
062 - Caesar's Conquests 3:46
063 - The Crossing of the Rubicon 4:04
064 - The Battle of Pharsalia 4:21
065 - The Death of Caesar 5:03
066 - The Second Triumvirate 3:20
067 - The Vision of Brutus 5:10
068 - Antony and Cleopatra 4:49
069 - The Poisonous Snake 2:57
070 - The Augustan Age 5:28
071 - The Death of Augustus 4:41
072 - Varus Avenged 4:29
073 - Death of Germanicus 3:42
074 - Tiberius Smothered 4:33
075 - The Wild Caligula 5:05
076 - The Wicked Wives of Claudius 6:36
077 - Nero's First Crimes 6:11
078 - The Christians Persecuted 6:00
079 - Nero's Cruelty 4:25
080 - Two Short Reigns 2:32
081 - The Siege of Jerusalem 4:42
082 - The Buried Cities 4:07
083 - The Terrible Banquet 4:09
084 - The Emperor's Tablets 2:48
085 - The Good Trajan 2:46
086 - Trajan's Column 3:42
087 - The Great Wall 3:40
088 - Hadrian's Death 2:33
089 - Antonius Pius 3:15
090 - The Model Pagan 6:24
091 - Another Cruel Emperor 5:17
092 - An Unnatural Son 4:35
093 - The Senate of Women 4:14
094 - The Gigantic Emperor 4:50
095 - Invasion of the Goths 3:00
096 - Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra 4:41
097 - A Prophesy Fulfilled 5:24
098 - The First Christian Emperor 3:31
099 - The Roman Empire Divided 3:22
100 - An Emperor's Penance 4:22
101 - Sieges of Rome 5:01
102 - End of the Empire of the West 2:28