A General History of Rome: From the Foundation of the City to the Fall of Augustulus, B.C. 753-A.D. 476Harper and Brothers, 1886 - 701 páginas |
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... forming the char acter of the people , and even in directing its career . They sank deeply into the heart and moulded the genius of the Roman race . They constitute the basis of half the best Roman poetry , and swayed thereby the ...
... forming the char acter of the people , and even in directing its career . They sank deeply into the heart and moulded the genius of the Roman race . They constitute the basis of half the best Roman poetry , and swayed thereby the ...
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... formation . - Glance at the Italian peninsula ; at the basin of the Mediterranean ; at the empire beyond it ..... .Page 35 CHAPTER II . Formation of the Roman people . - Mythology and tradition . ― The Siculi , the Ligures , the ...
... formation . - Glance at the Italian peninsula ; at the basin of the Mediterranean ; at the empire beyond it ..... .Page 35 CHAPTER II . Formation of the Roman people . - Mythology and tradition . ― The Siculi , the Ligures , the ...
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... Formation of a kingdom of Asia in dependence upon Rome . - War with the Celtiberians and Lusitanians in Spain . - Complete reduction of Cisal- pine Gaul and Sardinia . ( B.c. 191-178 . ) ..... CHAPTER XXV . 191 Deaths of three great men ...
... Formation of a kingdom of Asia in dependence upon Rome . - War with the Celtiberians and Lusitanians in Spain . - Complete reduction of Cisal- pine Gaul and Sardinia . ( B.c. 191-178 . ) ..... CHAPTER XXV . 191 Deaths of three great men ...
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... formed against Cæsar by Cassius and others . - Character of M. Junius Brutus.- Assassination of Cæsar . - The liberators assemble in the Capitol . - The peo- ple unfavorable to them . - They negotiate with M. Antonius . — An amnesty ...
... formed against Cæsar by Cassius and others . - Character of M. Junius Brutus.- Assassination of Cæsar . - The liberators assemble in the Capitol . - The peo- ple unfavorable to them . - They negotiate with M. Antonius . — An amnesty ...
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... formed into a Roman province ..... ... Page 400 CHAPTER LI . Octavius returns to Rome , B.C. 29 , and celebrates a triple triumph . - He as- sumes : 1. The military command - in - chief , with the title Imperator pre- fixed to his name ...
... formed into a Roman province ..... ... Page 400 CHAPTER LI . Octavius returns to Rome , B.C. 29 , and celebrates a triple triumph . - He as- sumes : 1. The military command - in - chief , with the title Imperator pre- fixed to his name ...
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Página 517 - Not a murmur was heard even in the camp of the praetorians ; and when he handed to the prefect the poniard which was the symbol of his office, he could boldly say, Use this for me, if I do well ; if ill, against me?
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Página 551 - This great social revolution had kept pace with the development of Roman jurisprudence. From an early period in the career of Roman conquest the governors of the provinces had been harassed by the conflict of law and usage as between the Roman and his subjects. The civil law of Rome had regarded the rights and duties of the citizen only, and its principles were wholly inapplicable to the great mass of the population abroad and even at home. Even within the city the pnetor could not dispense justice...