A History of Rome: From 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1935 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 221
... least , very far from strong . The odds against him were enormous ; but in spite of them all he survived to re - establish , under his more famous title of Augustus , the autocracy which his great - uncle almost certainly intended to ...
... least , very far from strong . The odds against him were enormous ; but in spite of them all he survived to re - establish , under his more famous title of Augustus , the autocracy which his great - uncle almost certainly intended to ...
Pagina 230
... least interesting concerned the status of women . From the earliest times , as we have seen , women were more highly respected in Italy than in Greece , and often exercised a considerable influence even beyond the family circle . In the ...
... least interesting concerned the status of women . From the earliest times , as we have seen , women were more highly respected in Italy than in Greece , and often exercised a considerable influence even beyond the family circle . In the ...
Pagina 281
... least in Sejanus ' power to remove all rival candidates for the throne . After Livia's death in 29 there was no one left to shield Agrippina and her children ; and they were consigned to prison from which Agrippina at any rate never ...
... least in Sejanus ' power to remove all rival candidates for the throne . After Livia's death in 29 there was no one left to shield Agrippina and her children ; and they were consigned to prison from which Agrippina at any rate never ...
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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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