A History of Rome: From 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1935 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 13
... side of the Tiber , and but for Horatius Cocles ' heroic defence of the bridge- head would have taken Rome itself . Nor was this the end of Lars Porsenna's efforts . For to judge by an inscription which has been unearthed , and in which ...
... side of the Tiber , and but for Horatius Cocles ' heroic defence of the bridge- head would have taken Rome itself . Nor was this the end of Lars Porsenna's efforts . For to judge by an inscription which has been unearthed , and in which ...
Pagina 38
... side of which was the Circus Maximus or Racecourse . The most populous part of the city , crowded with the unwholesome tenements of the poor , spread over the lower slopes and valleys of the Quirinal , Viminal , and Esquiline hills ...
... side of which was the Circus Maximus or Racecourse . The most populous part of the city , crowded with the unwholesome tenements of the poor , spread over the lower slopes and valleys of the Quirinal , Viminal , and Esquiline hills ...
Pagina 161
... side the ruling oligarchy increasingly helpless and yet not the less intransi- gent ; on the other side the mob swayed by the skilful mani- pulation of political adventurers and bribed by the long purses of their capitalist backers ...
... side the ruling oligarchy increasingly helpless and yet not the less intransi- gent ; on the other side the mob swayed by the skilful mani- pulation of political adventurers and bribed by the long purses of their capitalist backers ...
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LAND AND PEOPLE | 1 |
THE ETRUSCANS AND ROME | 5 |
THE REPUBLIC AND ITS ORDEAL | 14 |
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