Livy: The Hannibalian War...Macmillan & Company, 1886 - 177 pagine |
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Pagina x
... people , she succeeded in preventing them from be- coming the supreme power in Italy . The Greeks , who were the rivals of the Etruscans in those seas , inflicted severe naval defeats upon them about 474 B.C. , and not many years after ...
... people , she succeeded in preventing them from be- coming the supreme power in Italy . The Greeks , who were the rivals of the Etruscans in those seas , inflicted severe naval defeats upon them about 474 B.C. , and not many years after ...
Pagina xi
... people . They had alliances with the Etruscans in early times , and the two nations disputed with the Greeks the naval supremacy in the western seas . The trade of the Phoenicians extended as far as the North Sea and the West Coast of ...
... people . They had alliances with the Etruscans in early times , and the two nations disputed with the Greeks the naval supremacy in the western seas . The trade of the Phoenicians extended as far as the North Sea and the West Coast of ...
Pagina xiii
... people in centuries the chief magistrates were elected - the censors , consuls , and prætors ; and by the same people voting in tribes special officers were elected to protect the rights of the commons , who had the power of absolutely ...
... people in centuries the chief magistrates were elected - the censors , consuls , and prætors ; and by the same people voting in tribes special officers were elected to protect the rights of the commons , who had the power of absolutely ...
Pagina xiv
... people but the general government of the State . A resolu- tion passed by the people voting by centuries was called lex ; and such resolutions required the previous assent of the Senate , given by what was called a senatus consultum ...
... people but the general government of the State . A resolu- tion passed by the people voting by centuries was called lex ; and such resolutions required the previous assent of the Senate , given by what was called a senatus consultum ...
Pagina xvi
... people ; for though the nomination of members was in the hands of the censors , they were bound by custom to nominate all who had been elected to a high magistracy , and those who were once nominated were members for life . The censor ...
... people ; for though the nomination of members was in the hands of the censors , they were bound by custom to nominate all who had been elected to a high magistracy , and those who were once nominated were members for life . The censor ...
Parole e frasi comuni
agmen Alpes animos Ariminum army Arretium attack atum atus back battle bellum break bring Caere called capio carry Carthaginem Carthago Nova castra cavalry Clastidium clause coast command compar conj consul country ctum drive east Emporiae enemy equites ĕris esset Etruria exercitum facio fero First Punic Flaminius Gauls genitive great Hamilcar Hannibal Hasdrubal hence Hiberum hostem hostium iacio indecl Inis Isara Italy ītum last Latium Massilia means milites millia name naves north Observe office omnibus ōnis order ōris orum Padus partic passive peditum people Pistoria place Placentia plur power prep pron purpose quum Rhodanum river Roman Rome round Saguntum Scipio See ch See Map see note Senate Sicily side sine sociorum sometimes Spain Spanish State subjunctive take tense throw Ticinum time tion town tribes troops turn used vēni verb
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Pagina xv - ... intercession which was at the service of the senate after the termination of the quarrels between the orders — the Roman senate was the noblest embodiment of the nation, and in consistency and political sagacity, in unanimity and patriotism, in grasp of power and unwavering courage, the foremost political corporation of all times — an "assembly of kings," which well knew how to combine despotic energy with republican self-devotedness.
Pagina 110 - Early the next morning he set forward again ; the morning mist hung thickly over the lake and the low grounds, leaving the heights, as is often the case, quite clear. Flaminius, anxious to overtake his enemy, rejoiced in the friendly veil which thus concealed his advance, and hoped to fall upon...
Pagina 68 - Senatum praetores per dies aliquot ab orto usque ad occidentem solem in curia retinent, consultantes quonam duce aut...
Pagina 65 - ... et animus suus cuique ante aut post pugnandi ordinem dabat ; tantusque fuit ardor animorum, adeo intentus pugnae animus ut eum motum terrae, qui multarum urbium Italiae magnas partes prostravit avertitque cursu rapidos amnis, mare fluminibus invexit, montes lapsu ingenti proruit, nemo pugnantium senserit.
Pagina 18 - Plurimum audaciae ad pericula capessenda, plurimum consilii inter ipsa pericula erat. Nullo labore aut corpus fatigari aut animus vinci poterat. Caloris ac frigoris patientia par ; cibi potionisque desiderio 10 natural!, non voluptate modus finitus ; vigiliarum somnique nee die nee nocte discriminata tempora; id quod gerendis rebus superesset quieti datum...
Pagina 67 - magna victi sumus." Et quamquam nihil certius ex eo auditum est, tamen alius ab alio impleti rumoribus domos referunt consulem cum magna parte copiarum caesum, superesse paucos aut fuga passim per Etruriam sparsos aut captos ab hoste. Quot casus exercitus victi fuerant, tot in curas...