A History of Rome: From 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1935 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 89
... character to give something for nothing . Yet the problem of Greece remained and the Roman Government found it impossible to wipe their hands altogether of this inconvenient neighbour . Shrinking from the trouble and expense of active ...
... character to give something for nothing . Yet the problem of Greece remained and the Roman Government found it impossible to wipe their hands altogether of this inconvenient neighbour . Shrinking from the trouble and expense of active ...
Pagina 116
... character . The leading personalities of the last century of the Republic were certainly great gentlemen , a trifle pompous per- haps , but dignified , courteous , and ( as Cicero's letters show ) , astonishingly sympathetic . But there ...
... character . The leading personalities of the last century of the Republic were certainly great gentlemen , a trifle pompous per- haps , but dignified , courteous , and ( as Cicero's letters show ) , astonishingly sympathetic . But there ...
Pagina 238
... character . During this transitional period , then , we may conclude , the national character itself , though profoundly modified , was not fundamentally changed . In other words , the Roman , when Hellenized , remained the Roman still ...
... character . During this transitional period , then , we may conclude , the national character itself , though profoundly modified , was not fundamentally changed . In other words , the Roman , when Hellenized , remained the Roman still ...
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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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