 no woman should possess more than half an ounce of gold, or wear a garment of various colours, or ride in a carriage drawn by horses, in a city, or any town, or any place nearer thereto than one mile; except on occasion of some public religious solemnity.  The History of Rome - Pagina 397di Livy - 1823Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Livy - 1836 - 400 pagine
...This law, which had been introduced by Caius Oppius, plebeian tribune, in the consulate of duintus Fabius and Tiberius Sempronius, during the heat of...occasion of some public religious solemnity." Marcus and PubUus Junius Brutus, plebeian tribunes, supported the Oppian law, and declared that they would never... | |
 | Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - 1873 - 476 pagine
...extravagance carried, that a law had to be passed that " no woman should possess more than half-an-ounce of gold, or wear a garment of various colours, or...any place nearer thereto than one mile, except on the occasion of some public religious solemnity. "J * Euterpe, H. 37. t Ibid., ii. 81. J Livy, b. iv.,... | |
 | 1876 - 182 pagine
...read, " No woman shall possess more than half an ounce of gold, or wear a garment of various colors, or ride in a carriage drawn by horses in a city or town, or any place nearer thereto than one mile, except on occasion of some public religious solemnity."... | |
 | 1876 - 162 pagine
...read, " No woman shall possess more than half an ounce of gold, or wear a garment of various colors, or ride in a carriage drawn by horses in a city or town, or any place nearer thereto than one mile, except on occasion of some public religious solemnity."... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 462 pagine
...that " no -woman should possess more than half an ounce of gold, or wear a garment of various colors, or ride in a carriage drawn by horses, in a city,...mile, except on occasion of some public religious assembly." While the repeal cf this law was under consideration the Capitol was thronged with interested... | |
 | Isabel Lovell - 1904 - 308 pagine
...a garment of various colours, or ride in a carriage drawn by horses, in a city, or in a town, or in any place nearer thereto than one mile ; except on occasion of some public religious solemnity." Now while the Republic had been at war, both public and private money had been needed for its expenses,... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1906 - 524 pagine
...returned in a few days to Scipio. THE ROMAN DEBATE ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS. wear a garment of various colors, or ride in a carriage drawn by horses, in a city,...except on occasion of some public religious solemnity." In the year 196 BC two tribunes of the people proposed to repeal this law, while two other tribunes... | |
 | 1908 - 404 pagine
...that "No woman should possess more than half an ounce of gold, or wear a garment of various colors, or ride in a carriage drawn by horses, in a city or...except on occasion of some public religious solemnity." It is assumed by all writers that the halfounce of gold to which the women were restricted put a restraint,... | |
 | Herman Harrell Horne - 1910 - 218 pagine
...gold, or wear a garment of various colors, or ride in a carriage drawn by horses in a city, or in a town, or any place nearer thereto than one mile, except on occasion of some public religious assembly." After twenty years, and a vigorous, though not militant, campaign of persuasion, the law... | |
 | Herman Harrell Horne - 1910 - 218 pagine
...that " no woman should possess more than half an ounce of gold, or wear a garment of various colors, or ride in a carriage drawn by horses in a city, or in a town, or any place nearer thereto than one mile, except on occasion of some public religious assembly."... | |
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