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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... hand . - Reputed sacrifice of Q. Mucius Scævola at his funeral . ( B.c. 88–86 . ) . . ... 248 CHAPTER XXXIII . Cinna effaces the last distinction between the Romans and the Italians.— Adjustment of debts . - Sulla conducts the war ...
... hand . - Reputed sacrifice of Q. Mucius Scævola at his funeral . ( B.c. 88–86 . ) . . ... 248 CHAPTER XXXIII . Cinna effaces the last distinction between the Romans and the Italians.— Adjustment of debts . - Sulla conducts the war ...
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... hand of his widow , Livilla . - Induces Tiberius to withdraw to Capres , and intrigues against Agrippina . - Death of Livia , A.D. 29. - Banishment of Agrippina . - Confinement of her son Drusus . - Sejanus appointed consul for five ...
... hand of his widow , Livilla . - Induces Tiberius to withdraw to Capres , and intrigues against Agrippina . - Death of Livia , A.D. 29. - Banishment of Agrippina . - Confinement of her son Drusus . - Sejanus appointed consul for five ...
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... hand , traces of fluviatile deposits indicate that the river , now shrunk within a narrow channel , must once have washed , not the feet only , but the flanks of the hills through which it has made its way , and that there must have ...
... hand , traces of fluviatile deposits indicate that the river , now shrunk within a narrow channel , must once have washed , not the feet only , but the flanks of the hills through which it has made its way , and that there must have ...
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... hand , were less refined , and affected less mystery . The indige- nous cult of Italy had regarded the daily and common wants of men : the husbandman worshipped the genii of the winds and skies , the shepherd those who protected his ...
... hand , were less refined , and affected less mystery . The indige- nous cult of Italy had regarded the daily and common wants of men : the husbandman worshipped the genii of the winds and skies , the shepherd those who protected his ...
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... hand , on the Capitol . To complete the legend of the Regifugium , or banishment of the kings , the Etruscans are represented to have persisted in their attempt in favor of their kinsman . Again their efforts re- dounded to the glory of ...
... hand , on the Capitol . To complete the legend of the Regifugium , or banishment of the kings , the Etruscans are represented to have persisted in their attempt in favor of their kinsman . Again their efforts re- dounded to the glory of ...
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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...