Selections from LivyAmerican Book Company, 1905 - 375 pagine |
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Pagina 11
... their standard of historical accuracy was therefore different from our own . Moreover , the sources of information for the earlier periods were meager and inaccurate . Add to these fundamental disad- vantages the fact that , simply to ...
... their standard of historical accuracy was therefore different from our own . Moreover , the sources of information for the earlier periods were meager and inaccurate . Add to these fundamental disad- vantages the fact that , simply to ...
Pagina 12
... their complete form a chronological list of consuls , censors , dictators , and magistri equitum down to about 13 A.D. , with a list of triumphs down to about 12 B.C. , and a record of the ludi saeculares , ending with those celebrated ...
... their complete form a chronological list of consuls , censors , dictators , and magistri equitum down to about 13 A.D. , with a list of triumphs down to about 12 B.C. , and a record of the ludi saeculares , ending with those celebrated ...
Pagina 13
... their own imagination . The facts could be verified to a certain extent by consultation of written records , if , in an uncritical age , the writer felt the need of such verification ; the details he must accept as he found them in ...
... their own imagination . The facts could be verified to a certain extent by consultation of written records , if , in an uncritical age , the writer felt the need of such verification ; the details he must accept as he found them in ...
Pagina 18
... their state- ments ; where there were conflicting stories , he accepted that which appeared to him most probable . He possessed a large fund of that quality which is most valuable to a historian- common sense ; it was this which made ...
... their state- ments ; where there were conflicting stories , he accepted that which appeared to him most probable . He possessed a large fund of that quality which is most valuable to a historian- common sense ; it was this which made ...
Pagina 20
... their use of Mss . now lost , the Mayence edition of 1518 and the Basle edition of 1535 are important . The edition of Drakenborch , 1820-1828 , in fifteen volumes , contains a very full textual commentary . There is no complete edition ...
... their use of Mss . now lost , the Mayence edition of 1518 and the Basle edition of 1535 are important . The edition of Drakenborch , 1820-1828 , in fifteen volumes , contains a very full textual commentary . There is no complete edition ...
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Parole e frasi comuni
according Aeneas Amiternum Apulia Ardea arma army battle bellum Book called Capua case castra cavalry city clause common connect construction consul consules dictator different early eius elsewhere equites esset exercitus fact first following force form found Galli Gauls general given great Hannibal Hannibalem Hasdrubal haud history hostem hostium idea inde infantry Italy Lane Latin latter Livy Livy uses Livy's made meaning means ment mentioned miles name neque noun object omnibus people period Perseus phrase place plebeians plebis plural Polyb Polybius position power probably prope Punic rare rarely reference referring regular regularly river Roman Rome Romulus Saguntum same Samnites Samnium says Scipio second see on 21 see on Praef senate senatus sense sent sentence sine sometimes Spain statement subj subject taken things thought Tiberis Ticinus time tion town urbem used usual usually Veii verb Via Latina were word words year years
Brani popolari
Pagina 23 - Datur haec venia antiquitati, ut miscendo humana divinis primordia urbium augustiora faciat; et si cui populo licere oportet consecrare origines suas et ad deos referre auctores, ea belli gloria est populo Romano, ut, cum suum conditorisque sui parentem Martem potissimum ferat, tam et hoc gentes humanae patiantur aequo animo, quam imperium g patiuntur.
Pagina 24 - ... ad illa mihi pro se quisque acriter intendat animum, quae vita, qui mores fuerint, per quos viros quibusque artibus domi militiaeque et partum et auctum imperium sit; labente deinde paulatim disciplina velut desidentes primo mores sequatur animo, deinde ut magis magisque lapsi sint, tum ire coeperint praecipites, donec ad haec tempora quibus nec vitia nostra nec remedia pati possumus perventum est.
Pagina 196 - Plurimum audaciae ad pericula capessenda, ю plurimum consilii inter ipsa pericula erat. Nullo labore aut corpus fatigari aut animus vinci poterat. Caloris ac frigoris patientia par. Cibi potionisque desiderio naturali, non voluptate modus finitus. Vigiliarum somnique nec die nec nocte discriminata tempora : id, quod gerendis rebus superesset, quieti datum.
Pagina 141 - ... parva quoque, ut ferme principia omnia, et ea ipsa peregrina res fuit. Sine carmine ullo, sine imitandorum carminum actu ludiones ex Etruria acciti, ad tibicinis modos saltantes, haud indecoros motus more Tusco dabant.
Pagina 241 - ... et animus suus cuique ante aut post pugnandi ordinem dabat; tantusque fuit ardor animorum, adeo intentus pugnae animus ut eum motum terrae, qui multarum urbium Italiae magnas partes prostravit avertitque cursu rapidos amnis, mare fluminibus invexit, montes lapsu ingenti proruit, nemo pugnantium senserit.
Pagina 27 - Helenae semper auctores fuerunt, 2 omne ius belli Achivos abstinuisse ; casibus deinde variis Antenorem cum multitudine Enetum, qui seditione ex Paphlagonia pulsi et sedes et ducem rege Pylaemene ad Troiam amisso quaerebant, 3 venisse in intimum maris Hadriatici sinum, Euganeisque, qui inter mare Alpesque incolebant, pulsis, Enetos Troianosque eas tenuisse terras.
Pagina 24 - Hoc illud est praecipue in cognitione rerum salubre ac frugiferum, omnis te exempli documenta in inlustri posita monumento intueri; inde tibi tuaeque rei publicae, quod imitere, capias, inde foedum inceptu, foedum exitu, quod vites.
Pagina 340 - ... huic versatile ingenium sic pariter ad omnia fuit, ut natum ad id unum diceres quodcumque ageret...
Pagina 340 - ... quodcumque ageret: in bello manu fortissimus multisque insignibus clarus pugnis; idem, postquam ad magnos honores pervenit, summus imperator; idem in pace, si ius consuleres, peritissimus, si causa oranda esset, eloquentissimus nee is tantum, cuius lingua vivo eo viguerit, monumentum eloquentiae nullum exstet, vivit immo vigetque eloquentia eius sacrata scriptis omnis generis.