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Title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03

Author: Various

Editor: Rossiter Johnson
Charles Horne
John Rudd

Release Date: June 6, 2008 [EBook #25712]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Famous painting of the head Jesus Christ

(By steadily gazing at the eyes in the picture they will be seen to
suddenly open.)

Painting by Gabriel Max.]

THE GREAT EVENTS

BY

FAMOUS HISTORIANS

A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING
THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES
IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS

NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL

ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST
DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF
INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED
NARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY. WITH THOROUGH INDICES,
BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES. AND COURSES OF READING

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.

JOHN RUDD, LL.D.

_With a staff of specialists_

_VOLUME III_

[Illustration: Decorative]

The National Alumni

COPYRIGHT, 1905,

BY THE NATIONAL ALUMNI

CONTENTS

VOLUME III

PAGE

_An Outline Narrative of the Great Events_, xi
CHARLES F. HORNE

_Germanicus in Germany (A.D. 13-16)_, 1
TACITUS

_The Crucifixion (A.D. 30)_, 23
FREDERIC WILLIAM FARRAR

_The Rise and Spread of Christianity (A.D. 33)_, 40
RENAN
WISE
NEWMAN

_Burning of Rome under Nero (A.D. 64)_, 108
SIENKIEWICZ
TACITUS

_Persecution of the Christians under Nero (A.D. 64-68)_, 134
FRE