De Catilinae Conjuratione Belloque Jugurthino HistoriaeSumtibus G. et C. et H. Carvill, 1829 - 386 pagine |
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Pagina 135
... Romans who merited the title of historian . This celebrated wri- ter was born at Amiternum , in the territory of the ... Roman Literature , vol . 2. p . 143. seqq . Lond . ed . Noct . Att . 17. 18 . nate . rupt age , an amour with a ...
... Romans who merited the title of historian . This celebrated wri- ter was born at Amiternum , in the territory of the ... Roman Literature , vol . 2. p . 143. seqq . Lond . ed . Noct . Att . 17. 18 . nate . rupt age , an amour with a ...
Pagina 137
... Roman governors of the day . But it seems doubtful if he was that monster of iniquity he has been sometimes represented . He was extremely unfortunate in the first permanent notice taken of his character by his contemporaries . The ...
... Roman governors of the day . But it seems doubtful if he was that monster of iniquity he has been sometimes represented . He was extremely unfortunate in the first permanent notice taken of his character by his contemporaries . The ...
Pagina 140
... Romans . In the course of no war in which they had ever been engaged , not even the second Carthaginian war , were the ... Roman commander Metellus , are all described in a manner the most vivid and picturesque . Sallust had attained the ...
... Romans . In the course of no war in which they had ever been engaged , not even the second Carthaginian war , were the ... Roman commander Metellus , are all described in a manner the most vivid and picturesque . Sallust had attained the ...
Pagina 142
... Roman has won- derfully succeeded in imitating the vigour and conciseness of the Greek historian , and infusing into his composition something of that dignified austerity which distinguishes the works of his great model ; but when I say ...
... Roman has won- derfully succeeded in imitating the vigour and conciseness of the Greek historian , and infusing into his composition something of that dignified austerity which distinguishes the works of his great model ; but when I say ...
Pagina 143
... Roman taste , in consequence of the increas- ing popularity of the rhetorical schools of declamation , and the more frequent intercourse with Asia . On the whole , in the style of Sallust , there is too much appearance of study , and a ...
... Roman taste , in consequence of the increas- ing popularity of the rhetorical schools of declamation , and the more frequent intercourse with Asia . On the whole , in the style of Sallust , there is too much appearance of study , and a ...
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Pagina ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Pagina ii - Congress of the United States, entitled "an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an act entitled "an act supplementary to an act entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the...
Pagina 327 - Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two...
Pagina 375 - As the priests forbade him to approach her, and to have his house defiled with mourning, he sent her a bill of divorce, and ordered her to be carried to another house while the breath was in her body.
Pagina 167 - Facinus denotes a bold or daring action, and unless it be joined with a favourable epithet, or the action be previously described as commendable, the term is always to be understood in a vituperative sense.
Pagina 220 - The consuls ordered such as they pleased to be cited out of each tribe, and every one was obliged to answer to his name under a severe penalty, Liv.
Pagina 186 - Poplicola had a law passed, which took away the securis or axe from the fasces, ie it took from the consuls the power of life and death, and only left them the right of scourging. This last, however, was, at a subsequent period, also taken from them by the Porcian and Sempronian laws. Whether the operation of these laws extended beyond the walls of the city, or whether the consul, when invested with military command, could scourge and behead, is a point not Page.
Pagina 268 - We hare given lectos with Cortius and others. Some editions have electos, which may be construed as a substantive. The electi, according to Vegetius, (2, 6,) composed the first cohort, which took its post by the eagle, and was regarded as the head of...
Pagina 194 - Upon his return into the city, after having overthrown the party of Marius, he wrote down the names of those whom he doomed to die, and ordered them to be fixed up...
Pagina 200 - It was the part of the Patron to advise and to defend his client, to assist him with his interest and substance, in short to do every thing for him that a parent uses to do for his children. The Client was obliged to pay all kind of respect to his patron, and to serve him with his life and fortune in any extremity, Dionys.