A History of Rome Down to the Reign of ConstantineMacmillan and Company, 1951 - 820 pagine |
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Pagina 529
... emperor , who soon tired of his mother's admonitions to " be á king and to live laborious days . Agrippina , who loved power more than Nero , sought compensation in a sudden affection for Britannicus ; but so long as Burrus commanded ...
... emperor , who soon tired of his mother's admonitions to " be á king and to live laborious days . Agrippina , who loved power more than Nero , sought compensation in a sudden affection for Britannicus ; but so long as Burrus commanded ...
Pagina 588
... emperor- worship was ceasing to ring true , deprecated the setting up of altars in their honour ; 34 and the deification of Claudius after his death was generally looked upon as a bad joke.35 It is true that emperor- worship , once ...
... emperor- worship was ceasing to ring true , deprecated the setting up of altars in their honour ; 34 and the deification of Claudius after his death was generally looked upon as a bad joke.35 It is true that emperor- worship , once ...
Pagina 610
... emperor's partner rather than his slighted by servant . He therefore earned the hatred of the Senate as no previous emperor had done , for while the heavy hand of Tiberius or of Nero had descended upon individual suspects in the House ...
... emperor's partner rather than his slighted by servant . He therefore earned the hatred of the Senate as no previous emperor had done , for while the heavy hand of Tiberius or of Nero had descended upon individual suspects in the House ...
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