reader will also find some suggestion of the thought which the Roman historian had in his mind when he wrote: "Carthage, the rival of the Roman Empire, perished root and branch, sea and land everywhere lay open before us, when at last Fortune began to rage against us and throw everything into confusion". The day when Rome rid herself of her rivals seemed to some of her more thoughtful sons to be the first of her corruption and decline. B.C. CONTENTS. Chap. The Fate of the Melcart Cleanor, Son of Lysis The Last of a Veteran Scipio A Great Scheme The Mission The Last of the Greeks The Corinthian Assembly At Thermopylæ A Pinchbeck Alexander The Two Hasdrubals Scipio sets to Work In the Roman Camp The Megara The Prisoners Baal Hammon
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