A History of Rome from 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1965 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 257
... Augustus . In an extant Greek inscription he is described as ' God , Son of God , Augustus the Benefactor ' ; in Egypt he was ' Son of the Sun , Eternal Lord of the Diadem ' . Temples and altars were set up in his honour ; and seeing ...
... Augustus . In an extant Greek inscription he is described as ' God , Son of God , Augustus the Benefactor ' ; in Egypt he was ' Son of the Sun , Eternal Lord of the Diadem ' . Temples and altars were set up in his honour ; and seeing ...
Pagina 273
... Augustus ' confidence in the success of his great venture is proved by the terrible nature of the shock its failure dealt him . From that moment he appears to have been a broken man . ' Varus , give me back my legions , ' he was heard ...
... Augustus ' confidence in the success of his great venture is proved by the terrible nature of the shock its failure dealt him . From that moment he appears to have been a broken man . ' Varus , give me back my legions , ' he was heard ...
Pagina 274
... Augustus ' choice fell upon his own stepson Tiberius . To Tiberius himself marriage with Julia was exceedingly distasteful , for it meant that he must divorce his own much- loved wife , who , by a curious irony of fortune , was ...
... Augustus ' choice fell upon his own stepson Tiberius . To Tiberius himself marriage with Julia was exceedingly distasteful , for it meant that he must divorce his own much- loved wife , who , by a curious irony of fortune , was ...
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THE ROMAN REPUBLIC | 2 |
CHAPTER PAGE I LAND AND PEOPLE I | 3 |
THE ETRUSCANS AND ROME | 5 |
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