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The Crusaders were conquered by Julius Caesar.
Julius Caesar was really a very great man. He was a very great
soldier and wrote a book for beginners in the Latin.
Cleopatra was caused by the death of an asp which she dissolved in a
wine cup.
The reign of Augustus took place in the Christian era. He caused it to
be introduced into the kingdom.
The emperor Vespasian destroyed his son Titus after a tremendous
siege of six months.
Domitian was so cruel that he was noted for his killing flies.
The Roman priests were chosen by the gods and some by a special
diety.
The toga was a robe that flowed over the body very neat and
graceful.
The Forum transacted the principal business of Rome.
The Gordian knot was a very hard knot which Nero tied and by it he
kept the Roman empire in subjection.
When a Gladiator was killed he held up his finger and if the
spectators wanted him to live they held up their thumbs.

(Grecian.)
Greece is a country noted for its handsome people. They are all
sculptures.
Greece is divided into periods.
The only form of government in Greece was a limited monkey.
Egypt and Rome were the principal divisions of Greece.
The inhabitants of Greece lived in huts, eating the skins of wild
beasts and dressing themselves in berries and acorns.
Helen was the daughter of Troy a very beautiful woman and wrote
the Illiad giving a long account of it.
Lycurgus was a legislature. He abolished commerce and dress.
Lycurgus was so strict he turned all the women into men they were
bold and corageous.
Athens was the capital of Africa and the arts flourished.
Darius attacked both sea and land.

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