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Augustus Caesar's World

by Genevieve Foster Author

(From Amazon): Considered the innovator of "horizontal history," Genevieve Foster became frustrated when her two school-aged children complained about the boring presentation of history in their school texts. This frustration led to Foster's first book, George Washington's World (1941). In her unique approach, Foster weaves a story of the world around her central character; rather than focusing exclusively on geo-political events, as most textbooks do; she includes stories of scientific discovery and invention, music, literature, art, and religion. She has a keen intuition for stories that will especially delight and amuse her youthful audience. In Augustus Caesar's World, Foster traces the seven major civilizations Rome, Greece, Israel, Egypt, China, India, and Persia from 4500 B.C. to the time of Augustus Caesar in 44 B.C. and culminating in 14 A.D. Within this timeframe readers will learn not only the stories of Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, and Marc Antony, but also the historian Livy and how Virgil came to write the Aeneid. Foster will then take her readers all over the world to learn what was happening at this same time in China, Persia, India and so on. Foster's detailed pen and ink drawings are fresh and appealing, and her illustrated timelines give a clear sense of chronology, enriching the engaging text. An all-time customer favorite!

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Resource Type: Book
ISBN: 0964380323
Print Status: In Print
Chapters: 71
Pages: 330
Suggested Grades: 3rd - 9th
Publisher: Beautiful Feet Bks
Copyright: 1996

Chapters

1 Janus pg XI-XIII
2 Under a Lucky Star pg 5-9
3 The Ides of March pg 10-13
4 Cleopatra and her Son pg 14-18
5 Caesar's Adopted Son pg 19-21
6 Cicero pg 22-26
7 Conspirators Without a Plan p 26-28
8 Mark Antony pg 29-34
9 Why is July pg 35-40
10 Gauls, Geese and Black Vultures pg 41-44
11 Octavian Plays the game pg 45-49
12 Bloody Finger Prints pg 50-54
13 Candles and Holly Berries pg 55-58
14 The Festival of Lights pg 63-65
15 Herod Future King of the Jews pg 66-70 (first half)
16 Philippi and the Ghost pg 71-76
17 Antony and Octavian Divide the World pg 77-79
18 Horace and the Country Mouse pg 80-84
19 Antony and Cleopatra pg 84-90
20 Herod the Fugitive pg 91-92
21 Virgil and Isaiah pg 93-96
22 Octavia Weds Antony pg 97-100
23 Herod King of the Jews pg 100-101
24 To Athens and Return pg 102-106
25 The Future Empress pg 107
26 The Siege of Jerusalem pg 108-111
27 A Turning Point pg 112-116
28 The Love Story Ends pg 117-121
29 Herod and Mariamne pg 122-125
30 Triumph and Peace pg 125-128
31 Augustus Caesar pg 133-136
32 The Druids pg 137-140
33 Tales of the Wild Northwest pg 141-145
34 A Wedding pg 145-146
35 The Pantheon pg 147-151
36 A Bible for the Romans pg 152-154
37 The Story of Aeneas pg 155-158
38 Who Were the Roman Gods: Mars pg 160-161
39 Jupiter pg 162-165
40 Golden Eagles Come Home pg 166-169
41 Out of Persia pg 170-174
42 We Still Call it Sunday pg 174-176
43 Herod and the Temple pg 177-182
44 Hillel the Great Pharisee pg 182-185
45 The Law of Moses pg 186-191
46 Augustus the God pg 192-194
47 A Roman Pharaoh pg 199-204
48 Remember Akhenaton pg 205-209
49 Philo and the Lighthouse pg 210-214
50 Questions and Answers pg 215-223
51 Stepsons and Stars pg 224-227
52 Strabo and the World pg 228-232
53 Of Calendars and the Mayans pg 233-238
54 Children of the Sun pg 239-242
55 Herod is Dead pg 243-245
56 The Old Silk Road pg 246-249
57 Land of the Dragon pg 250-257
58 Of India and the Hindus pg 258-264
59 Pater Patriae pg 265-266
60 Buddha and the Kingdom of Truth pg 267-272
61 December 25, Year 1 pg 277-281
62 Tiberius pg 282
63 A Boy of Nazareth pg 283-286
64 The Hebrew Prophets pg 287-294
65 On the German Border pg 295-297
66 The Passover pg 298-304
67 My Dear Tiberius pg 305-306
68 Hermann The German Hero pg 308-311
69 Farewell Augustus! pg 312-314
70 The Kingdom of Heaven pg 315-319
71 A New Religion for Rome pg 320-325

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