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The Story of Rome, From the Earliest Times to the Death of Augustus, Told

The Story of Rome, From the Earliest Times to the Death of Augustus, Told by Mary Macgregor is available here as the complete text, split into 1155 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Story of Rome, From the Earliest Times to the Death of Augustus, Told to Boys and Girls by Mary Macgregor. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #66147.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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The Story of Rome, From the Earliest Times to the Death of Augustus, Told

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  1. Chapter I 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 79 readings five lines each Open chapter

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France
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