Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... Alps , but the Apennines ; therefore , the flat country on the north , extend- ing between the Alps and the Apennines as far down as the Abruzzi , does not belong geographically nor historically to the Italy of our history . As the ...
... Alps , but the Apennines ; therefore , the flat country on the north , extend- ing between the Alps and the Apennines as far down as the Abruzzi , does not belong geographically nor historically to the Italy of our history . As the ...
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... Alps , and of Mantua remaining Tuscan to a late period , proves that Etruscans dwelt in the district north of the Po , bounded on the east by the Veneti , and on the west by the Ligu- rians . To the south of the Po , and at its mouths ...
... Alps , and of Mantua remaining Tuscan to a late period , proves that Etruscans dwelt in the district north of the Po , bounded on the east by the Veneti , and on the west by the Ligu- rians . To the south of the Po , and at its mouths ...
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... Alps . It was the Celts ; and the brunt of their inroad fell first upon the Etruscans . The character of the Celtic nation , their origin , and the part they played in Italian history at this period now claim our attention . 426-406 ...
... Alps . It was the Celts ; and the brunt of their inroad fell first upon the Etruscans . The character of the Celtic nation , their origin , and the part they played in Italian history at this period now claim our attention . 426-406 ...
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... Alps in ceaseless streams . Their hordes , on passing the Graian Alps by the little St. Bernard , first formed the Celtic canton of the Insubres , with Milan as its capital . The canton of the Cenonmani , with the towns of Brescia and ...
... Alps in ceaseless streams . Their hordes , on passing the Graian Alps by the little St. Bernard , first formed the Celtic canton of the Insubres , with Milan as its capital . The canton of the Cenonmani , with the towns of Brescia and ...
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... Alps flowed back ; whether from the desperate efforts of the Etruscans , and the strong barrier of the Romans , or from some causes operating on the other side of the Alps , we cannot determine . In a general way the Celts now ruled ...
... Alps flowed back ; whether from the desperate efforts of the Etruscans , and the strong barrier of the Romans , or from some causes operating on the other side of the Alps , we cannot determine . In a general way the Celts now ruled ...
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