. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . FRANCE AND HER HISTORIC PROVINCES. The Christians in the Arena at Lyons THE STORY OF THE GREATEST NATIONS MODERN NATIONS—FRANCE Chapter LXXVIIIGAUL UNDER THE ROMANS—CHRISTIANITY AUL remained under Roman dominion for five hundredyears, and the period marks a most important develop-ment in the character of its people. Rome brought tothem two wonderful, goo
. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . FRANCE AND HER HISTORIC PROVINCES. The Christians in the Arena at Lyons THE STORY OF THE GREATEST NATIONS MODERN NATIONS—FRANCE Chapter LXXVIIIGAUL UNDER THE ROMANS—CHRISTIANITY AUL remained under Roman dominion for five hundredyears, and the period marks a most important develop-ment in the character of its people. Rome brought tothem two wonderful, good gifts. She gave them Civil-ization, by which they learned the arts, the culture, andthe aspirations of antiquity; and she gave them anelaborate Law, by which every mans relation with hisfellows was defined and enforced. As an offset to these, the mostmarvellous productions of the Greek and Roman minds, Romebrought also in her train the two evils that finally wrought herruin—Debauchery and Slavery, It thus becomes hard for us to say whether the mass of peoplein Gaul lost or gained most by the Roman conquest. Had Caesarlived, all might have been different. Under his wise and far-seeing friendliness, no destiny seemed too high for Gaul to with his death,
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