Lays of Ancient Rome

Lays of Ancient Rome
by Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Lays of Ancient Rome is collection of ballads about heroic episodes in Roman history written by Thomas Babington Macaulay, becoming immensely popular in Victorian times, and were a popular subject for recitation, a common pastime of the era. It was set reading in British public schools for more than a hundred years.

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LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME

By Thomas Babington Macaulay

Contents edit

Preface

The Lays edit

Horatius edit

The Battle of the Lake Regillus edit

Virginia edit

The Prophecy of Capys edit

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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