A History of Rome Down to the Reign of Constantine |
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Pagina 570
... lost this last remnant of their privilege. Their numbers were being still further
reduced by death sentences under the renewed reigns of terror, and by a
barrenness of progeny which was often self-imposed ; and their fortunes
continued ...
... lost this last remnant of their privilege. Their numbers were being still further
reduced by death sentences under the renewed reigns of terror, and by a
barrenness of progeny which was often self-imposed ; and their fortunes
continued ...
Pagina 739
From time to time they assumed a consulship pro forma, and they nominally
exercised the tribunicia potestas ; for a full half century after they had Republican
embraced Christianity they continued to style themselves Pontifer “” Marimus.
From time to time they assumed a consulship pro forma, and they nominally
exercised the tribunicia potestas ; for a full half century after they had Republican
embraced Christianity they continued to style themselves Pontifer “” Marimus.
Pagina 758
In the west the native tongues continued to lose ground before Latin, and the
Church made no attempt to revive them. But after 200 the orthography and
grammar of Latin began to break down, so that as a spoken language it was
resolving ...
In the west the native tongues continued to lose ground before Latin, and the
Church made no attempt to revive them. But after 200 the orthography and
grammar of Latin began to break down, so that as a spoken language it was
resolving ...
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A History of Rome: Down to the Reign of Constantine M. J. Cary,H. Howard Hayes Scullard Anteprima non disponibile - 1975 |
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