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year 146 smallcaps ("b.c.") ?>
was an annus mirabilis in the development of Roman dominion. Of course it had long
been a foregone conclusion that Carthage and Corinth must fall before her, but the actual time of their
overthrow was made all the more striking by the fact that both cities perished in the same year, and that both
were visited by the same fate. I have attempted in this story to group some picturesque incidents round the
person of a young Greek who struggles in vain to resist the destiny of the conquering race. The 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.
Attribution(100, "A.J.C.")?>
Ashley,
April 22, 1897
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