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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... soon to be put to the proof . Tarquin , it seems , was engaged at the time before Ardea , the capital of the Rutuli . The Roman forces were detained by the protracted operations of a blockade , and the young nobles serving in the army ...
... soon to be put to the proof . Tarquin , it seems , was engaged at the time before Ardea , the capital of the Rutuli . The Roman forces were detained by the protracted operations of a blockade , and the young nobles serving in the army ...
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... soon , however , as the murmurs of the citizens were reported to him he caused the rising buildings to be destroyed , and contented himself with a modest cabin on the slope of the hill . He carried moreover a special decree by which ...
... soon , however , as the murmurs of the citizens were reported to him he caused the rising buildings to be destroyed , and contented himself with a modest cabin on the slope of the hill . He carried moreover a special decree by which ...
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... soon became apparent that they en- joyed no real equality , and indeed that their dearest rights were still liable to unjust and cruel invasion . A people that lives by the land transacts its business mainly by sale and barter . Money ...
... soon became apparent that they en- joyed no real equality , and indeed that their dearest rights were still liable to unjust and cruel invasion . A people that lives by the land transacts its business mainly by sale and barter . Money ...
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... soon returned and oc- cupied the more menacing position of the Aventine , within the walls . The crisis was worthy of the famous incident which fol lowed , when Menenius Agrippa , sent as an envoy to them with the most dignified chiefs ...
... soon returned and oc- cupied the more menacing position of the Aventine , within the walls . The crisis was worthy of the famous incident which fol lowed , when Menenius Agrippa , sent as an envoy to them with the most dignified chiefs ...
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... decision of the tribes could bind the plebeians only . In the face of such a power the comitia of the curics and the centuries soon gave way altogether . СНАР . ІХ . THE VALERIAN LAWS . 83 CHAPTER 82 CHAP . VIIL HISTORY OF ROME .
... decision of the tribes could bind the plebeians only . In the face of such a power the comitia of the curics and the centuries soon gave way altogether . СНАР . ІХ . THE VALERIAN LAWS . 83 CHAPTER 82 CHAP . VIIL HISTORY OF ROME .
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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...