Six miles from the city stood the famous temple of Juno Lacinia, more universally celebrated than the city itself, and held in high veneration by all the surrounding nations. Here, a consecrated grove, encompassed on the extremities by close-ranged trees... The History of Rome - Pagina 173di Livy - 1823Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| Titus Livius - 1822 - 1344 pagine
...in circumference ; since the devastation caused by the war which then took place, scarcely one-half of the inclosed space was inhabited ; the river which...out of which, a pillar of solid gold was erected and conse- BOOK crated, so that the fane became as remarkable for XXIV. riches as for sanctity. Several... | |
| Livy - 1834 - 410 pagine
...had advised surrendering the city to the Carthaginians, not to the Bruttians. 3. Before the coming of Pyrrhus into Italy the wall encompassing Croto...separately, and returning at night to their stalls, without receiving injury either from wild beasts or men. The profits therefore accruing from these cattle were... | |
| Livy - 1836 - 412 pagine
...extremities by closeranged trees and tall firs, comprehended in the middle a tract of rich pasture-ground, in which cattle of every kind sacred to the goddess...separately, and returning at night to their stalls, without receiving injury either from wild beasts or men. The profits therefore accruing from these cattle were... | |
| Titus Livius - 1849 - 560 pagine
...states. Here was a grove fenced with a dense wood and tall fir trees, with rich pastures in its centre, in which cattle of every kind, sacred to the goddess, fed without any keeper; the flocks of every kind going out separately and returning to their folds, never being injured, either... | |
| Thomas Street Millington - 1863 - 888 pagine
...close-ranged trees and tall firs, comprehended in the middle a tract of rich pasture ground, in which the cattle of every kind, sacred to the goddess, fed without any keeper." — IBID. 1. xxiv. c. 3. " Near Tusculum is a grove, which has been consecrated to Diana by the people... | |
| Livy - 1879 - 546 pagine
...states. Here was a grove fenced with a dense wood and tall fir trees, with rich pastures in its centre, in which cattle of every kind, sacred to the goddess, fed without any keeper ; the flocks of every kind going out separately and returning to their folds, never being injured, either... | |
| George Gilbert Ramsay - 1884 - 140 pagine
...states. Here was a grove fenced with a dense wood and tall fir trees, with rich pastures in its centre, in which cattle of every kind, sacred to the goddess, fed without any keeper; the flocks of every kind going out separately and returning to their folds without ever sustaining any... | |
| George Gilbert Ramsay - 1885 - 388 pagine
...states. Here was a grove fenced with a dense wood and tall fir trees, with rich pastures in its centre, in which cattle of every kind, sacred to the goddess, fed without any keeper ; the flocks of every kind going out separately and returning to their folds without ever sustaining any... | |
| Frances Ellis Sabin - 1921 - 552 pagine
...extremities by close-ranged trees and tall firs, comprehended in the middle a tract of rich pasture-ground, in which cattle of every kind, sacred to the goddess,...solid gold was erected and consecrated so that the fane became as remarkable for riches as for sanctity. GEORGE BAKER CUMAE (CUMA) One of the most ancient... | |
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