Young Folks' History of Rome
Charlotte M. Yonge brings ancient Rome to vivid life for young readers in this 1880 classic. Beginning with the legendary founding by Romulus and Remus and the Trojan hero Aeneas's journey, she weaves mythology through the rise of a civilization that shaped the modern world. From the Etruscan kings through the Republic's legendary consuls, the Punic Wars, and the drama of Caesar and Cicero, to the fall of the Empire and the passing of its mantle to Charlemagne, Yonge tells a sweeping story with the narrative drive of a novel. Her purpose was never merely to instruct but to inspire: to make the past breathe, to make those togaed figures on the page feel like living men and women whose courage, corruption, and ambition still echo across the centuries. For modern readers, the book offers something rare: a window into how Victorians imagined and understood Rome, and a model of history written as story.
