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| Battle between Theseus and a Centaur, from a design of Flaxman | 11 |
| Warrior, in the undress of the heroic age | 39 |
| Head of Hercules, from a Camarinæan coin | ib. |
| Medal of Caligula | 114 |
| Profile of the Emperor Paul | 152 |
| Cosmo de’ Medici, from a Florentine medal | 153 |
| Lorenzo de’ Medici, from ditto | 189 |
| Giuliano de’ Medici, from ditto | 189 |
| Head of Napoleon, from the series of Napoleon medals | 190 |
| Medal struck by Napoleon after the retreat from Moscow, from ditto | 237 |
All the medals have been engraved from the originals preserved in the British Museum.
Alp Arslan, 93.
Antony, retreat of, from Parthia, 211-213.
Aristogiton, 169-174.
Aristomenes, 40-54.
Bajazet, imprisoned by Tamerlane, 86.
—— his treatment of French prisoners, 88-92.
Brooke, death of Lord, 134.
Buchan, Countess of, imprisoned by Edward I., 87, 88.
Caligula, 134-143.
Cambyses, 120-131.
Crassus, retreat and death of, 198-211.
Cylon, insurrection of, 154.
Darius, invasion of Scythia by, 190-198.
England, state of, under first Norman kings, 23-27.
Fatalism, 156-161.
Greek history, mythic period of, 11-13, 21-23.
Guesclin, Bertrand du, treatment by Black Prince, 103, 104, 108-113.
Harmodius, 169-174.
Hereward le Wake, 54-58.
Hipparchus and Hippias, 168-174.
John, King of France, treatment by Black Prince, 105-107.
Julian, Emperor, invasion of Parthia, and death, 213-223.
Medici, Cosmo de’, 175-180.
—— Piero, 181.
—— Lorenzo and Julian, 181-189.
Messenians, early history of, 40-54.
Napoleon, retreat from Moscow 224-237237.
Paul, Emperor, 143-152.
Pazzi, conspiracy of, 183-189.
Pedro, Don, King of Castile, 31-36.
Pisistratus, 163-168.
Power, effects of absolute, 114-119.
Prisoners of war, treatment of, 77-113.
Reedman, Sir Matthew, anecdote from Froissart, 100-102.
Retreat of Darius from Scythia, 196-198;
—— Antony from Parthia, 211-213;
—— Julian in Assyria, 213-223;
—— Napoleon from Moscow, 225-237;
—— Hawkwood in Lombardy, 194-197.
Roncesvalles, battle of, 74-85.
Scandinavia, compared with Greece in its early state, 9-20.
Triumphs, Roman, 82-86.
Trojan War, 36-39.
Valerian, treatment by Sapor, 85, 86.
Wallace, 58-76.