The ancient Romans
By: by Virginia Schomp.
Series: Myths of the world
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780761430940
Subjects: Mythology, Roman -- Juvenile literature; Rome -- Civilization -- Juvenile literature; Rome -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: "A retelling of several key ancient Roman myths, with background information describing the history, geography, belief systems, and customs of ancient Rome"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Meet the ancient Romans; title: The land beside the Tiber; title: From village to empire; title: Citizens, freemen, and slaves; title: Old and new gods; title: Myth or legend?; title: The Roman gods; title: Timeless tales of ancient Rome; title: The origins of the Roman people: the adventures of Aeneas; title: The founding of Rome: Romulus and Remus; title: The age of kings: heroes and villains; title: The birth of the Republic: Brutus the Wise and Horatius at the bridge; title: Building an empire: the siege of Veii and the attack of the Gauls.