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Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) was an American writer of children's books. He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. His Rollo Books, such as Rollo at Work (1837) and Rollo at Play (1837) are the best known of his writings, having as their chief characters a representative boy and his associates. His other works include: The Teacher; or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction show more and Government of the Young (1833), Rollo on the Atlantic (1853), Rollo in Paris (1854), Rollo on the Rhine (1855), Georgie (1855), Rollo in Holland (1856), Rollo in Rome (1858), Rollo in Switzerland (1858), Rollo in the Woods and Peter the Great. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- History of Nero
- Original title
- History of Nero
- Alternate titles
- Nero
- Original publication date
- 1853
- People/Characters
- Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
- Important places
- Rome, Roman Empire
- Important events
- Reign of Nero (54-10-13 | 68-06-09); Great Fire of Rome (64-06-19)
- First words
- In ancient times, when the city of Rome was at the height of its power and splendor, it was the custom, as it is in fact now with the inhabitants of wealthy capitals, for the principal families to possess, in addition to thei... (show all)r city residences, rural villas for summer retreats, which they built in picturesque situations, at a little distance from the city, sometimes in the interior of the country, and sometimes upon the sea-shore.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)So that the number of seventy-three of which the oracle had warned Nero to beware, denoted the age of his rival and enemy - not his own.
- Publisher's editor
- Alexandr, D.
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 937.07092 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Italian Peninsula to 476 and adjacent territories to 476 Constitutional 31 B.C.-284 A.D.
- LCC
- DG285 .A32 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania City History of Italy Ancient Italy. Rome to 476 History By period Empire, 27 B.C. - 476 A.D. Constitutional Empire, 27 B.C. - 284 A.D.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 27
- ASINs
- 10
