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Pagina xv
... senate , whom they accom- panied to all places of public resort , the forum in particular , and from whose example they learned to occupy themselves with the affairs of the republic or those of private individuals . The senator , to ...
... senate , whom they accom- panied to all places of public resort , the forum in particular , and from whose example they learned to occupy themselves with the affairs of the republic or those of private individuals . The senator , to ...
Pagina xvii
... senate or the forum . His path is crowded and encumbered with the materials of almost unlimited extent and variety , which the labours of centuries have accumulated , and which he is required to shape to the ends of judicious speech ...
... senate or the forum . His path is crowded and encumbered with the materials of almost unlimited extent and variety , which the labours of centuries have accumulated , and which he is required to shape to the ends of judicious speech ...
Pagina xxii
... senate , before the tribunals of justice , nay even in the private circles which he frequented , the names of Catiline and Lentulus were constantly on his lips . He introduced his own praises into his writings . Almost every treatise of ...
... senate , before the tribunals of justice , nay even in the private circles which he frequented , the names of Catiline and Lentulus were constantly on his lips . He introduced his own praises into his writings . Almost every treatise of ...
Pagina xxiv
... senate , and the illustrious Roman was com- pelled to bend to the storm and go into voluntary banishment . Imme- diately after his departure a law was passed ' which exiled him to the distance of five hundred miles from Rome , and ...
... senate , and the illustrious Roman was com- pelled to bend to the storm and go into voluntary banishment . Imme- diately after his departure a law was passed ' which exiled him to the distance of five hundred miles from Rome , and ...
Pagina xxv
... senate for his recall . Pompey also , roused by the insults of Clodius , whose power was now on the decline , and anxious to retrieve his own credit and ingratiate himself with the senate and people , began to exert himself in his ...
... senate for his recall . Pompey also , roused by the insults of Clodius , whose power was now on the decline , and anxious to retrieve his own credit and ingratiate himself with the senate and people , began to exert himself in his ...
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Pagina 50 - ... judices, ut a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo aut otium meum abstraxerit aut voluptas avocarjt aut denique somnus retardant ? Quare quis tandem me reprehendat aut quis mihi jure succenseat, si quantum ceteris ad suas res obeundas...
Pagina 461 - ... the proscribed, whereupon Catiline entered the dwelling of the unfortunate man, exhausted upon his person all the refinements of cruelty and insult, and having at last put an end to his existence, carried his bloody head in triumph through the streets of Rome, and brought it to Sylla as he sat on his tribunal in the forum. When this was done, the murderer washed his hands in the lustral water at the door of Apollo's temple, which stood in the immediate vicinity.
Pagina xxiii - He deplored his faU in the most desponding and lamentable terms. He complained of false friends, of an ungrateful country, of the utter ruin of all his worldly prospects. .His friends were forced to admonish him sometimes to rouse his courage, and remember his former character. Nay, to such an extent was this feeling carried, that Atticus even wrote him word, of a report having reached the Roman capital, that his affliction had disordered his senses.
Pagina 217 - Quinc. 19.), he was summoned (evocabatur) three times, with an interval of ten days between each summons, by the voice of a herald, or by letters, or by the edict of the praetor ; and if he still did not appear (se rum sisteret), the prosecutor was put in possession of his effects (in bona ejvs miltebatur).
Pagina 412 - For a long time before the day of election, the candidates endeavoured to gain the favour of the people by every popular art, by going round to their houses, shaking hands with those whom they met, saluting every one by name, &c. This last was esteemed a...
Pagina 199 - The Saturnalia or festival of Saturn, was the most celebrated in the Roman Calendar. It took place in the month of December, beginning on the .7th and lasting for several days. At first it was for one day, afterward for three, (which was the case in Cicero's time,) and by the order of Caligula for five days. During its continuance, all orders were devoted to mirth and feasting, friends sent presents to one another, and the slaves were entertained, and even waited upon by their masters.
Pagina 211 - Lectisternium took place, couches being spread for the gods, as if about to feast, and their statues being taken down from their pedestals and placed upon these couches around the altars, which were loaded with the richest dishes.
Pagina 177 - On each couch there were commonly three. They lay with the upper part of the body reclined on the left arm, the head a little raised, the back supported by cushions (pulvini, v. -t//0, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent...