Roman Civilization: The RepublicNaphtali Lewis, Meyer Reinhold Columbia University Press, 1951 - 544 pagine Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinhold's Roman Civilization is a classic. These volumes consist of selected primary documents from ancient Rome, covering a range of over 1,000 years of Roman culture, from the foundation of the city to its sacking by the Goths. The selections cover a broad spectrum of Roman civilization, including literature, philosophy, religion, education, politics, military affairs, and economics. These English translations of literary, inscriptional, and papyrological sources, many of which are available nowhere else, create a mosaic of the brilliance, the beauty, and the power of Rome. -- Text refers to later edition. |
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... reason , but from the conviction that all men look upon their possessions as the prizes at stake in war and that it is for the sake of retaining these that they endure all its hardships ; he thought it right , therefore , that those who ...
... reason , but from the conviction that all men look upon their possessions as the prizes at stake in war and that it is for the sake of retaining these that they endure all its hardships ; he thought it right , therefore , that those who ...
Pagina 204
... reason the Helvetians also surpass the rest of the Gauls in courage , as they contend with the Germans in almost daily battles , when they either repel them from their own territories or themselves wage war in the territories of the ...
... reason the Helvetians also surpass the rest of the Gauls in courage , as they contend with the Germans in almost daily battles , when they either repel them from their own territories or themselves wage war in the territories of the ...
Pagina 239
... reason rather than by the desire for gain , he ordered the clerk to read the proposed law . [ When , under pressure from the senate , Marcus Octavius , one of the ten tribunes , vetoed the law , Gracchus had him deposed from office by a ...
... reason rather than by the desire for gain , he ordered the clerk to read the proposed law . [ When , under pressure from the senate , Marcus Octavius , one of the ten tribunes , vetoed the law , Gracchus had him deposed from office by a ...
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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN CITATION OF SOURCES | 2 |
FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO 509 B C | 46 |
THE CONQUEST AND ORGANIZATION OF ITALY TO 264 B C | 70 |
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