LivyW. Blackwood and sons, 1880 - 186 pagine |
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Pagina 2
... termed , in default of any other word to express it — was always anxious to magnify the historic glories of Rome . As * Book iv . chap . 20 . + Tac . Annals , iv . 34 . The INTRODUCTORY . 3 in that interest he had made Virgil 2 LIVY .
... termed , in default of any other word to express it — was always anxious to magnify the historic glories of Rome . As * Book iv . chap . 20 . + Tac . Annals , iv . 34 . The INTRODUCTORY . 3 in that interest he had made Virgil 2 LIVY .
Pagina 5
... books " to which the work extended , we have now but thirty - five , and of these some were recovered only in the sixteenth century . Pope Gregory I. is said to have ordered all the copies of the ' Annals ' on which he could lay P hands ...
... books " to which the work extended , we have now but thirty - five , and of these some were recovered only in the sixteenth century . Pope Gregory I. is said to have ordered all the copies of the ' Annals ' on which he could lay P hands ...
Pagina 6
... books into " decades , " or sets of ten each , -an arrangement due probably to the early editors . rather than to the author . We have the first , third , and fourth of these decades entire , with half of the fifth , and a few fragments ...
... books into " decades , " or sets of ten each , -an arrangement due probably to the early editors . rather than to the author . We have the first , third , and fourth of these decades entire , with half of the fifth , and a few fragments ...
Pagina 7
... books , as is clear from the last events they record , could not have been finished until some twenty years afterwards . Their contents are fortunately known to us by means of epitomes , the work of some unknown compiler of early date ...
... books , as is clear from the last events they record , could not have been finished until some twenty years afterwards . Their contents are fortunately known to us by means of epitomes , the work of some unknown compiler of early date ...
Pagina 11
... - struction of Alba , the story of the Tarquins , the battle of the Lake Regillus , the exploits of Coriolanus , and * Book viii . chap . 34 , 40. + Hist . of Rome , iii . 373 . other romantic episodes of Roman history ; and he even.
... - struction of Alba , the story of the Tarquins , the battle of the Lake Regillus , the exploits of Coriolanus , and * Book viii . chap . 34 , 40. + Hist . of Rome , iii . 373 . other romantic episodes of Roman history ; and he even.
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