A History of Rome from 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1965 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 56
... taken his young son to Moloch's Temple , and , bidding him lay his hand on the altar , had made him swear undying enmity to Rome . The fulfilment of that vow was from first to last the dominant motive of Hannibal's career . His ...
... taken his young son to Moloch's Temple , and , bidding him lay his hand on the altar , had made him swear undying enmity to Rome . The fulfilment of that vow was from first to last the dominant motive of Hannibal's career . His ...
Pagina 169
... taken over the Asiatic command , had he not at this very moment received an even more urgent and important commission . Of recent years piracy , which had long been a nuisance , had become a positive menace . For , after suppressing one ...
... taken over the Asiatic command , had he not at this very moment received an even more urgent and important commission . Of recent years piracy , which had long been a nuisance , had become a positive menace . For , after suppressing one ...
Pagina 201
... taken the senatorial side . Like many of his class , this man had enormous debts ( said to have amounted to the fantastic figure of half a million pounds ) . On Caesar's undertaking to pay them a bargain was struck ; and , though posing ...
... taken the senatorial side . Like many of his class , this man had enormous debts ( said to have amounted to the fantastic figure of half a million pounds ) . On Caesar's undertaking to pay them a bargain was struck ; and , though posing ...
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THE ROMAN REPUBLIC | 2 |
CHAPTER PAGE I LAND AND PEOPLE I | 3 |
THE ETRUSCANS AND ROME | 5 |
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