The story of the map of Europe, its making and its changing . eaningscepter, which the present king of England ^?*^fcarries on state occasions to remind his people scepterof his power, is a relic of the old, old days whenhis grandfather, many times removed, brokethe head of his rival for leadership in the tribeand set up his mighty club for his awestruckpeople to worship. The city of Rome (at first a republic, after-wards an empire) spread its rule over all of BeginningsItaly, over all the shores of the Mediterranean ?! ^^® •^ Roman Sea, and finally over all the countries of Europe Empiresouth
The story of the map of Europe, its making and its changing . eaningscepter, which the present king of England ^?*^fcarries on state occasions to remind his people scepterof his power, is a relic of the old, old days whenhis grandfather, many times removed, brokethe head of his rival for leadership in the tribeand set up his mighty club for his awestruckpeople to worship. The city of Rome (at first a republic, after-wards an empire) spread its rule over all of BeginningsItaly, over all the shores of the Mediterranean ?! ^^® •^ Roman Sea, and finally over all the countries of Europe Empiresouth and west of the rivers Danube and of the emperors planted a colony north ofthe Danube near its mouth, and the descendantsof these colonists are living in that same countrytoday. They have not forgotten their origin,for they still call themselves Romans (Roumani[Roo-mani]), and talk a language greatlyresembling the Latin, which was the tonguespoken by the Romans of old. With the excep-tion of this country, which is now Roumania, 26 The Story of. The Map of Europe 27 the part of Europe north and east of the Danube I^® Rhine-Danubeand Rhine was practically free from the Romans, boundary In this territory, roving bands wandered around, driving their cattle with them and clearing the woods of game. In some ways, the Romans were a highly civilized people. They had schools where their „ - Roman children were taught to read and write, to speak civilization Greek, and to work problems in geometry. They had magnificent pubhc buildings, fine temples and palaces. They built excellent paved roads all over the southern part of Europe, and had wonderful systems of aqueducts which supplied their cities with pure water from springs and lakes miles away. Their dress was made of fine cloth. They knew how to make paper, glass, and steel. On the other hand, they were a cruel and bloodthirsty people. Their favorite amusement „ Romanwas to go to shows where gladiators fought, cruel
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