Selections from LivyAmerican Book Company, 1905 - 375 pagine |
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Pagina 11
... were meager and inaccurate . Add to these fundamental disad- vantages the fact that , simply to make his narrative inter- esting , a writer felt justified in passing lightly over an important incident or in magnifying the importance of ...
... were meager and inaccurate . Add to these fundamental disad- vantages the fact that , simply to make his narrative inter- esting , a writer felt justified in passing lightly over an important incident or in magnifying the importance of ...
Pagina 12
... were an occasional , though not important , source of historical information . The same name ( fasti ) was ap- plied to official lists of consuls ( fasti consulares ) , priests ( fasti sacerdotales ) , and triumphs ( fasti triumphales ) ...
... were an occasional , though not important , source of historical information . The same name ( fasti ) was ap- plied to official lists of consuls ( fasti consulares ) , priests ( fasti sacerdotales ) , and triumphs ( fasti triumphales ) ...
Pagina 13
... were well known to them . Their productions were called annales , a name that indicated the strict chronological sequence of the narrative . It was their custom to treat very briefly the earlier period and to discuss at greater length ...
... were well known to them . Their productions were called annales , a name that indicated the strict chronological sequence of the narrative . It was their custom to treat very briefly the earlier period and to discuss at greater length ...
Pagina 35
... were of frequent occurrence before the valley of the Forum and that of the Circus Maximus were drained , and the river was con- fined by walls . The bend in the --- river throws the water especially into the valley between the Cap ...
... were of frequent occurrence before the valley of the Forum and that of the Circus Maximus were drained , and the river was con- fined by walls . The bend in the --- river throws the water especially into the valley between the Cap ...
Pagina 39
... were iuvenes , in contrast with the senes , who were excused from service " ( Seeley , on 1 , 31 , 5 ) . — ad . . . par : a rare construction with par , but found in several other passages in Livy . ad regem in is the usual prep . with ...
... were iuvenes , in contrast with the senes , who were excused from service " ( Seeley , on 1 , 31 , 5 ) . — ad . . . par : a rare construction with par , but found in several other passages in Livy . ad regem in is the usual prep . with ...
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Parole e frasi comuni
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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.