Romulus: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Romulus, credited to Jacob Abbott, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Romulus, by Jacob Abbott (1803-1879). Read by LibriVox volunteers. Jacob Abbott wrote many historical books for children. He was careful to ensure historical accuracy, and as he said himself in the preface to this book "Whatever of interest ... these stories may possess is due solely to the facts themselves which are recorded in them, and to their being brought together in a plain, simple, and connected narrative." This is the story of Romulus, the founding of Rome and the early years of its history, written in a way both readable and enjoyable for adults and children alike. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Romulus
• Author credits: Jacob Abbott
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 6:31:34

Catalogue topics

• history
• ancient history
• Rome
• Cadmus
• Rhea Silvia
• Aeneas
• Troy
• Latium

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 1:30
2. 01 - Cadmus — 22:56
3. 02 - Cadmus's Letters — 24:11
4. 03 - The Story of Aeneas — 30:38
5. 04 - The Destruction of Troy — 37:08
6. 05 - The Flight of Aeneas — 28:29
7. 06 - The Landing in Latium — 36:28
8. 07 - Rhea Silvia — 26:49
9. 08 - The Twins — 35:41
10. 09 - The Founding of Rome — 29:51
11. 10 - Organization — 25:16
12. 11 - Wives — 34:11
13. 12 - The Sabine War — 38:52
14. 13 - The Conclusion — 19:38

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