A History of Rome: From 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1935 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 168
... capital which Tigranes had founded in the southern part of his realm . An honourable peace might now have been had for the asking ; but Lucullus ' ambitions were aroused , and in the following year he prepared to proceed against ...
... capital which Tigranes had founded in the southern part of his realm . An honourable peace might now have been had for the asking ; but Lucullus ' ambitions were aroused , and in the following year he prepared to proceed against ...
Pagina 214
... capital . The self - indulgence of the rich has baffled most reformers , and Caesar was indeed no exception . He adopted an expedient - common enough in ancient times of promulgating sumptuary laws , limiting the cost of funerals ...
... capital . The self - indulgence of the rich has baffled most reformers , and Caesar was indeed no exception . He adopted an expedient - common enough in ancient times of promulgating sumptuary laws , limiting the cost of funerals ...
Pagina 419
... capital from Italy to the shores of the Bosphorus . Rome had long since ceased to count for very much as a political centre . Diocletian did not even trouble to set foot within the city till the year of his retirement ; and from a ...
... capital from Italy to the shores of the Bosphorus . Rome had long since ceased to count for very much as a political centre . Diocletian did not even trouble to set foot within the city till the year of his retirement ; and from a ...
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AUGUSTUS | 243 |
CHAPTER PAGE XXV THE EMPIRE IN THE FIRST AND SECOND CEN TURIES | 331 |
NERVA TRAJAN AND HADRIAN | 359 |
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