A History of Rome from 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1965 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 51
... character . Far removed as they were , too , from the constraints of public opinion at home and the watchful eyes of democratic tribunes , they wielded an authority even greater than the consuls , ruling like despots over their little ...
... character . Far removed as they were , too , from the constraints of public opinion at home and the watchful eyes of democratic tribunes , they wielded an authority even greater than the consuls , ruling like despots over their little ...
Pagina 74
... character ; for the Romans were not squeamish in their treatment of underlings . Flogging and even more brutal punishments were only too common ; and Cato , living at this epoch , was not untypical when he declared that a slave in ...
... character ; for the Romans were not squeamish in their treatment of underlings . Flogging and even more brutal punishments were only too common ; and Cato , living at this epoch , was not untypical when he declared that a slave in ...
Pagina 381
... character which had attracted the attention of Hadrian ; and it was by Hadrian's wish that he became the adopted son of Antoninus Pius , who not merely gave him his daughter in marriage , but in 146 appointed him as his consort . A ...
... character which had attracted the attention of Hadrian ; and it was by Hadrian's wish that he became the adopted son of Antoninus Pius , who not merely gave him his daughter in marriage , but in 146 appointed him as his consort . A ...
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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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