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... interest of Alexander , March 16 Ulpian , the prætorian prefect , is killed in a sedition of the soldiers Persian monarchy is re- stored . Persian war Alexander Severus is killed , March 19 , in a mutiny , and Maximin proclaimed The ...
... interest of Alexander , March 16 Ulpian , the prætorian prefect , is killed in a sedition of the soldiers Persian monarchy is re- stored . Persian war Alexander Severus is killed , March 19 , in a mutiny , and Maximin proclaimed The ...
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... interest in his character kept a philosopher , as in later times serious nobles kept chaplains ; but , as it was not etiquette for Roman ladies to study , they were dependent upon philosophi- cal friends . An ambitious man might hope to ...
... interest in his character kept a philosopher , as in later times serious nobles kept chaplains ; but , as it was not etiquette for Roman ladies to study , they were dependent upon philosophi- cal friends . An ambitious man might hope to ...
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... interest in all the provinces , including Britain , and when he desired to retire he provoked a rebellion there by calling in all his investments at once . Some time before his death , he vainly endeavored to propitiate Nero by ...
... interest in all the provinces , including Britain , and when he desired to retire he provoked a rebellion there by calling in all his investments at once . Some time before his death , he vainly endeavored to propitiate Nero by ...
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... interests ; and the public , used to satisfy themselves for a time with a display of ingenuity about nothing , were reasonably fascinated with a display of inge- nuity on the regulation of the temper . Seneca's weak health was probably ...
... interests ; and the public , used to satisfy themselves for a time with a display of ingenuity about nothing , were reasonably fascinated with a display of inge- nuity on the regulation of the temper . Seneca's weak health was probably ...
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... interests and frivolous curiosity . Seneca is quite free from the Stoic passion for the miraculous . He reproduces , for instance , Aristotle's optical explanation of the curious phenomenon of seeing one's self in the open air , which ...
... interests and frivolous curiosity . Seneca is quite free from the Stoic passion for the miraculous . He reproduces , for instance , Aristotle's optical explanation of the curious phenomenon of seeing one's self in the open air , which ...
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