THE

FALL OF ROME,

AND

THE RISE OF THE NEW NATIONALITIES.

A Series of Lectures

ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ANCIENT & MODERN HISTORY.

BY

JOHN G. SHEPPARD, D.C.L.

SOMETIME FELLOW OF WADHAM College, oxFORD, AND HEAD MASTER
OF KIDDERMINSTER SCHOOL.

"Die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht."

SCHILLER.

LONDON:

ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, & ROUTLEDGE,

FARRINGDON STREET;

NEW YORK: 56, WALKER STREET.

1861.

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