LivyW. Blackwood and sons, 1880 - 186 pagine |
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Pagina 4
... mean in Pliny ) , " that to drink of the rich stream of eloquence which flowed from Livy there came sundry men of noble birth from the most distant parts of Spain - from Cadiz - and from Gaul : and men whom the sight of Rome itself had ...
... mean in Pliny ) , " that to drink of the rich stream of eloquence which flowed from Livy there came sundry men of noble birth from the most distant parts of Spain - from Cadiz - and from Gaul : and men whom the sight of Rome itself had ...
Pagina 7
... means of epitomes , the work of some unknown compiler of early date - pos- sibly not much later than the original historian- which have survived , though the books of which they form the summary have perished . There are some * Disraeli ...
... means of epitomes , the work of some unknown compiler of early date - pos- sibly not much later than the original historian- which have survived , though the books of which they form the summary have perished . There are some * Disraeli ...
Pagina 8
... means the most valuable portion . The first decade contains the history of 460 years - from the founda- tion of Rome to her subjugation of her warlike neigh- bours the Samnites . How far myth supplies the place of history throughout the ...
... means the most valuable portion . The first decade contains the history of 460 years - from the founda- tion of Rome to her subjugation of her warlike neigh- bours the Samnites . How far myth supplies the place of history throughout the ...
Pagina 13
... means of ascertaining what opportunities they enjoyed , or to what authorities they may have referred . There may have been an earlier historical literature known to them , though not to Livy . But it must be confessed that the whole of ...
... means of ascertaining what opportunities they enjoyed , or to what authorities they may have referred . There may have been an earlier historical literature known to them , though not to Livy . But it must be confessed that the whole of ...
Pagina 15
... faith in the national theology . Livy's own expression when he introduces the story- " satis constat " —does not neces- sarily mean more than " it is universally admitted . " He took the tale as he found it . He ROME UNDER ITS SEVEN KINGS,
... faith in the national theology . Livy's own expression when he introduces the story- " satis constat " —does not neces- sarily mean more than " it is universally admitted . " He took the tale as he found it . He ROME UNDER ITS SEVEN KINGS,
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afterwards amongst annalist Annals Antiochus Appius arms army Aventine Hill bade battle brother brought called Camillus campaign Cannæ Capitol Capua Carthage Carthaginian cavalry chief citizens Clusium command commons conquest consul consulship crowd death Decemvirs Decius defeated Dictator elected enemy envoys Etruria Etruscan Fabii Fabius Falerii fate father fight Flamininus force Gauls give gods Greece ground hands Hannibal Hannibal's Hasdrubal hero historian honour horse Italy Latins legend liberty Livy Livy's Macedon Macedonian Manlius Marcellus Master military neighbours once panic patricians peace Perseus person Philip plebeians popular Porsena prætor prisoners Punic Pyrrhus ranks refused Roman annalist Roman senate Rome Romulus Sabine Samnites Samnium says Livy says the annalist Scipio senate sent SEVEN KINGS Sicily soldiers Spain Spurius story Syphax taken Tarquinii Tarquinius Tarquins temple told took town tribes tribunes triumph troops Valerius Veii victory Volscians young