A History of Rome: From 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1935 - 456 pagine |
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... soldiers . The times were critical . In 496 the renewed threat of Etruscan domination had been narrowly averted at the battle of Lake Regillus . In 494 marauders from the Volscian moun- tains had threatened southern Latium and Rome had ...
... soldiers . The times were critical . In 496 the renewed threat of Etruscan domination had been narrowly averted at the battle of Lake Regillus . In 494 marauders from the Volscian moun- tains had threatened southern Latium and Rome had ...
Pagina 249
... soldiers upon farms in Italy , for which he wisely paid due compensation to the owners thus dispossessed . The remaining legions— twenty - eight in number - must have numbered in all about 140,000 men ( for 5,500 was now the complement ...
... soldiers upon farms in Italy , for which he wisely paid due compensation to the owners thus dispossessed . The remaining legions— twenty - eight in number - must have numbered in all about 140,000 men ( for 5,500 was now the complement ...
Pagina 349
... soldiers had always been a difficult problem . Augustus therefore started a fund , known as the ' Military Chest ' , which was fed by the proceeds of an inheritance duty and a tax on auction sales ; and from it a man received on ...
... soldiers had always been a difficult problem . Augustus therefore started a fund , known as the ' Military Chest ' , which was fed by the proceeds of an inheritance duty and a tax on auction sales ; and from it a man received on ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I LAND AND PEOPLE I | 1 |
THE ETRUSCANS AND ROME | 5 |
THE REPUBLIC AND ITS ORDEAL | 14 |
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