The History of Rome, Volume 2Henry G. Bohn, 1849 |
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Pagina 559
... ambassadors , who had been sent to make restitution , returned , without concluding a peace , he said , " That ye may not think that no purpose has been effected by this embassy , whatever degree of anger the deities of heaven had ...
... ambassadors , who had been sent to make restitution , returned , without concluding a peace , he said , " That ye may not think that no purpose has been effected by this embassy , whatever degree of anger the deities of heaven had ...
Pagina 563
... ambassadors , who were first to ask peace on equal terms ; which , if they did not obtain , they were to challenge the enemy to battle . To this Pontius answered , that " the war was at an end ; and since , even in their present ...
... ambassadors , who were first to ask peace on equal terms ; which , if they did not obtain , they were to challenge the enemy to battle . To this Pontius answered , that " the war was at an end ; and since , even in their present ...
Pagina 564
... ambassadors to come to him again . " When the result of this embassy was made known , such general lamentation suddenly arose , and such melancholy took possession of them , that had they been told that all were to die on the spot ...
... ambassadors to come to him again . " When the result of this embassy was made known , such general lamentation suddenly arose , and such melancholy took possession of them , that had they been told that all were to die on the spot ...
Pagina 572
... ambassadors to Rome , and to negotiate a peace and treaty with the senate , and with the people ? It would have been a journey of only three days to expeditious travellers . In the interim , matters might have rested under a truce ...
... ambassadors to Rome , and to negotiate a peace and treaty with the senate , and with the people ? It would have been a journey of only three days to expeditious travellers . In the interim , matters might have rested under a truce ...
Pagina 575
... ambassador . The gods are to believe that Pos- tumius is a citizen of Samnium , not of Rome ; and that a Ro- man ambassador has been violated by a Samnite ; and that therefore a just war has been waged against us by you . That men of ...
... ambassador . The gods are to believe that Pos- tumius is a citizen of Samnium , not of Rome ; and that a Ro- man ambassador has been violated by a Samnite ; and that therefore a just war has been waged against us by you . That men of ...
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