LivyW. Blackwood and sons, 1880 - 186 pagine |
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Pagina 35
... ranks * There can be little doubt but that Rome was in fact surren- dered to Porsena , and had to cede to the Etruscans all her territory on the right bank of the Tiber . Tacitus distinctly says so ( Hist . iii . c . 72 ) ; and Pliny ...
... ranks * There can be little doubt but that Rome was in fact surren- dered to Porsena , and had to cede to the Etruscans all her territory on the right bank of the Tiber . Tacitus distinctly says so ( Hist . iii . c . 72 ) ; and Pliny ...
Pagina 36
... rank to the Dictator , who was " Master of the People . " The reader will miss , in Livy's narrative , the appearance of the " Great Twin Brethren " ( Castor and Pollux ) , who , in Macaulay's " Lay , " are seen by the Dictator charging ...
... rank to the Dictator , who was " Master of the People . " The reader will miss , in Livy's narrative , the appearance of the " Great Twin Brethren " ( Castor and Pollux ) , who , in Macaulay's " Lay , " are seen by the Dictator charging ...
Pagina 38
... rank of a centurion ; and the spectators , while they pitied him , recounted other military distinctions which he had won . Baring his breast , he showed scars which bore witness to many a hard- fought field . When he was asked how he ...
... rank of a centurion ; and the spectators , while they pitied him , recounted other military distinctions which he had won . Baring his breast , he showed scars which bore witness to many a hard- fought field . When he was asked how he ...
Pagina 39
... ranks , marched out with the consul , and " never fought better , " we are told , as the Volscians found to their cost . But the law of debt had been relaxed only to be re - enacted more strictly . The indignant com- mons held nightly ...
... ranks , marched out with the consul , and " never fought better , " we are told , as the Volscians found to their cost . But the law of debt had been relaxed only to be re - enacted more strictly . The indignant com- mons held nightly ...
Pagina 43
... ranks of the legions . In one battle against their old enemies the Equians , it was said that the infantry actually refused to fight under Kæso , an unpopular consul of the great Fabian house , and even cursed him when he had charged ...
... ranks of the legions . In one battle against their old enemies the Equians , it was said that the infantry actually refused to fight under Kæso , an unpopular consul of the great Fabian house , and even cursed him when he had charged ...
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