A History of Rome: From 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1935 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 207
... actually set out in a rowing- boat to fetch them over in person , till the crew , scared by a rising gale , insisted on putting back . Then suddenly towards the end of March sails were sighted . It was the long - awaited transports from ...
... actually set out in a rowing- boat to fetch them over in person , till the crew , scared by a rising gale , insisted on putting back . Then suddenly towards the end of March sails were sighted . It was the long - awaited transports from ...
Pagina 245
... actually made arrangements in event of his decease . At Rome the public was aghast . Happily he recovered ; but once again , and this time perhaps with more sincerity , he threatened to resign . The upshot was the same , and he resumed ...
... actually made arrangements in event of his decease . At Rome the public was aghast . Happily he recovered ; but once again , and this time perhaps with more sincerity , he threatened to resign . The upshot was the same , and he resumed ...
Pagina 297
... actually made . By now the best ele- ments of the old aristocracy had been well - nigh destroyed by the continuous persecutions of successive emperors . What remained had either retired into a dreamland of philosophic idealism or been ...
... actually made . By now the best ele- ments of the old aristocracy had been well - nigh destroyed by the continuous persecutions of successive emperors . What remained had either retired into a dreamland of philosophic idealism or been ...
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LAND AND PEOPLE | 1 |
THE ETRUSCANS AND ROME PAGE I | 5 |
THE REPUBLIC AND ITS ORDEAL | 14 |
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