. The story of Rome, from the earliest times to the death of Augustus, told to boys and girls . eral returned Sulla went out tomeet him at the head of a great procession, and welcomedhim as Magnus, or the Great. And the name clung to him, ,for from that time he was known as Pompey the Great. But when Pompey claimed a triumph, Sulla was notpleased, and refused to grant it. Pompey knew that he was liked by the people, whileSulla ruled only because he had inspired them with would not be long in the Dictators power to refuse hisclaim. More worship the rising than the setting sun, he mur-
. The story of Rome, from the earliest times to the death of Augustus, told to boys and girls . eral returned Sulla went out tomeet him at the head of a great procession, and welcomedhim as Magnus, or the Great. And the name clung to him, ,for from that time he was known as Pompey the Great. But when Pompey claimed a triumph, Sulla was notpleased, and refused to grant it. Pompey knew that he was liked by the people, whileSulla ruled only because he had inspired them with would not be long in the Dictators power to refuse hisclaim. More worship the rising than the setting sun, he mur-mured, and those around him who heard these bold wordswere startled. Sulla, seeing their amazement, demandedwhat Pompey had said. On being told, he cried out testily : Let him triumph,let him triumph. In 79 Sulla, to the surprise and relief of Rome, laiddown his Dictatorship, and retired to a beautiful villa hehad built near Cumse. Here he employed his time in entertaining men of lettersand artists, and in writing his memoirs. He died in , while his memoirs were still L!!srs or rnose wlu) wtro dooineil Wfit- hung up in the Forum. CHAPTER C THE GLADIATORS REVOLT Six years after the death of Sulla, while Pompey was inSpain, putting down an insurrection, the gladiators re-volted. Tlie gladiators were first heard of in 264 , when theirshows were given only at funerals. Usually they werecriminals or prisoners of war, who, in any case, were con-demned to death. To give them arms and make themfight until one or other was killed in the arena of somegreat building, for the amusement of a crowd of specta-tors, was cruel, but not so cruel as what was done in lateryears. For the shows of the gladiators came to please the peopleso well that they forsook for them theatres and other placesof amusement. And then rich citizens who wished to winthe favour of the people began to keep bands of gladiatorsand train them as in a school. Each citizen who kept one of these s
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