Selections from LivyAmerican Book Company, 1905 - 375 pagine |
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Pagina 12
... their complete form a chronological list of consuls , censors , dictators , and magistri equitum down to about 13 A.D. , with a list of triumphs down to about 12 B.C. , and a record of the ludi saeculares , ending with those celebrated ...
... their complete form a chronological list of consuls , censors , dictators , and magistri equitum down to about 13 A.D. , with a list of triumphs down to about 12 B.C. , and a record of the ludi saeculares , ending with those celebrated ...
Pagina 13
... their own imagination . The facts could be verified to a certain extent by consultation of written records , if , in an uncritical age , the writer felt the need of such verification ; the details he must accept as he found them in ...
... their own imagination . The facts could be verified to a certain extent by consultation of written records , if , in an uncritical age , the writer felt the need of such verification ; the details he must accept as he found them in ...
Pagina 16
... their own convenience . During Livy's lifetime his confident expectation of glory was satisfied ; Pliny relates that a man traveled all the way from Spain , with the sole purpose of beholding the famous historian . After his death , his ...
... their own convenience . During Livy's lifetime his confident expectation of glory was satisfied ; Pliny relates that a man traveled all the way from Spain , with the sole purpose of beholding the famous historian . After his death , his ...
Pagina 18
... their state- ments ; where there were conflicting stories , he accepted that which appeared to him most probable . He possessed a large fund of that quality which is most valuable to a historian common sense ; it was this which made him ...
... their state- ments ; where there were conflicting stories , he accepted that which appeared to him most probable . He possessed a large fund of that quality which is most valuable to a historian common sense ; it was this which made him ...
Pagina 20
... their use of Mss . now lost , the Mayence edition of 1518 and the Basle edition of 1535 are important . The edition of Drakenborch , 1820-1828 , in fifteen volumes , contains a very full textual commentary . There is no complete edition ...
... their use of Mss . now lost , the Mayence edition of 1518 and the Basle edition of 1535 are important . The edition of Drakenborch , 1820-1828 , in fifteen volumes , contains a very full textual commentary . There is no complete edition ...
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Parole e frasi comuni
according Aeneas Amiternum Apulia Ardea arma army battle bellum Book called Capua case castra cavalry century city clause common connect construction consul consules dictator early eius elsewhere equites esset exercitus fact first following force form found Gauls general given great Hannibal Hannibalem Hasdrubal haud history hostem hostium idea Ihne inde infantry Italy Lane Latin latter Livy Livy uses Livy's made meaning means mentioned miles name neque noun object omnibus people period Perseus Ph.D phrase place plebeians plebis plural Polyb Polybius position probably prope Punic rare rarely referring regular regularly river Roman Rome Romulus Saguntum same Samnites Samnium says Scipio second see on 21 see on Praef senate senatus sense sent sentence sine sometimes Spain statement subj subject taken tamen thing thought Tiberis Ticinus time tion town urbem used usual usually Veii verb Via Latina were word words work year years
Brani popolari
Pagina 21 - Datur haec venia antiquitati, ut miscendo humana divinis primordia urbium augustiora faciat ; et si cui populo licere oportet consecrare origines suas et ad deos referre auctores, ea belli gloria est populo Romano...
Pagina 139 - Sine carmine ullo, sine imitandorum carminum actu ludiones ex Etruria acciti ad tibicinis modos saltantes haud indecoros motus more Tusco dabant.
Pagina 42 - Quirites, parens urbis huius, prima hodierna luce caelo repente delapsus se mihi obvium dedit. cum perfusus horrore venerabundus adstitissem, petens precibus, 7 ut contra intueri fas esset : 'abi, nuntia...
Pagina 59 - ... sabino bello ait se militantem, quia propter populationes agri non fructu modo caruerit, sed villa incensa fuerit, direpta omnia, pecora abacta, tributum iniquo suo tempore imperatum, aes alienum fecisse. Id, cumulatum usuris, primo se agro paterno avitoque exuisse, deinde fortunis aliis, postremo velut tabem pervenisse ad corpus; ductum se ab creditore non in servitium, sed in ergastulum et carnificinam esse.
Pagina 243 - ... 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 amnes, mare fluminibus invexit, montes 280 lapsu ingenti proruit, nemo pugnantium senserit.
Pagina 74 - Placuit igitur oratorem ad plebem mitti Menenium Agrippam, facundum virum et, quod inde oriundus erat, plebi carum. Is intromissus in castra prisco illo dicendi et horrido modo nihil aliud quam hoc narrasse fertur...
Pagina 22 - Imperium patiuntur. sed haec et his similia, utcumque animadversa aut existimata erunt, haud in magno equidem 9 ponam discrimine : ad illa mihi pro se quisque acriter intendat animum, quae vita, qui mores fuerint, per quos viros quibusque artibus domi militiaeque et partum et auctum Imperium sit...
Pagina 173 - Nam quod deditione nostra negant exsolvi religione populum, id istos magis, ne dedantur, quam quia ita se res habeat, dicere, quis adeo iuris fetialium expers est, qui ignoret?
Pagina 344 - ... huic versatile ingenium sic pariter ad omnia fuit, ut natum ad id unum diceres quodcumque ageret...
Pagina 344 - ... quodcumque ageret: in bello manu fortissimus multisque insignibus clarus pugnis; idem, postquam ad magnos honores pervenit, summus imperator; idem in pace, si ius consuleres, peritissimus, si causa oranda esset, eloquentissimus nee is tantum, cuius lingua vivo eo viguerit, monumentum eloquentiae nullum exstet, vivit immo vigetque eloquentia eius sacrata scriptis omnis generis.