Marcus Tullius Cicero. Ten Orations with the Letters to His WifeMacmillan, 1903 - 518 pagine |
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Pagina 6
... death without trial may not themselves be heard , " and forbade Cicero to do more than take the formal oath that he had served the state faithfully . " I swear , " said Cicero with his usual readiness , " that I have 1 See pp . 21 ff ...
... death without trial may not themselves be heard , " and forbade Cicero to do more than take the formal oath that he had served the state faithfully . " I swear , " said Cicero with his usual readiness , " that I have 1 See pp . 21 ff ...
Pagina 7
... had secured the tribuneship , seized the opportunity presented , and proposed in 58 B.C. that whoever had put to death a 58 B.C. Exile . The return . Roman citizen without trial should be outlawed MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO 7.
... had secured the tribuneship , seized the opportunity presented , and proposed in 58 B.C. that whoever had put to death a 58 B.C. Exile . The return . Roman citizen without trial should be outlawed MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO 7.
Pagina 10
... death of Crassus , killed by the Parthians after the battle of Carrhae , a vacancy was left in the college of augurs . This Cicero was chosen to fill . It was a position of great dignity , " the only bribe in the posses- 1 See pp . 32 ...
... death of Crassus , killed by the Parthians after the battle of Carrhae , a vacancy was left in the college of augurs . This Cicero was chosen to fill . It was a position of great dignity , " the only bribe in the posses- 1 See pp . 32 ...
Pagina 13
... death left him in utter desolation . When his young wife , who had always been jealous of Tullia , evinced a certain satis- faction at her death , Cicero became so incensed that he divorced her and would never see her again . His ...
... death left him in utter desolation . When his young wife , who had always been jealous of Tullia , evinced a certain satis- faction at her death , Cicero became so incensed that he divorced her and would never see her again . His ...
Pagina 14
... death , but to ratify his acts . The senate thus gave Antony an advantage which he was quick to seize . Secure in the possession of Caesar's papers and treasure , he was gradually acquiring entire control of affairs , and Cicero saw ...
... death , but to ratify his acts . The senate thus gave Antony an advantage which he was quick to seize . Secure in the possession of Caesar's papers and treasure , he was gradually acquiring entire control of affairs , and Cicero saw ...
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Pagina 286 - Quis sim, ex eo quem ad te misi cognosces. Fac cogites in quanta calamitate sis, et memineris te virum esse : consideres quid tuae rationes postulent : auxilium petas ab omnibus, etiam ab infimis.
Pagina 21 - We have seen how frequently he was employed in composition before the sun had risen, and few men could with less justice say of themselves, like Titus, Dicmperdidi! To appreciate his full worth let us consider what a blank there would have been in the annals of Rome and the history 1 The head of Cicero, facing the title- tudo.
Pagina 264 - Primum omnium, qui ubique probro atque petulantia maxime praestabant, item alii per dedecora patrimoniis amissis, postremo omnes, quos flagitium aut facinus domo expulerat, ii Romam sicut in sentinam"
Pagina 515 - ... knowledge of the Latin tongue is needed to appreciate his stately and finished verse, not to speak of the maturer intellect necessary to grasp the meaning and content of so great an epic. This edition, intended primarily for the use of schools, consists of about three thousand verses carefully annotated and about one thousand verses for rapid reading, with brief notes at the bottom of the page. In the belief that the Metamorphoses are best adapted for an introduction to Latin verse, the selections...