Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... Rome , " in three volumes , published in 1854-1856 . The original plan of the author was to cover the whole field from the foundation of the city to the German invasions , in five volumes . Of these , the first three , bringing the ...
... Rome , " in three volumes , published in 1854-1856 . The original plan of the author was to cover the whole field from the foundation of the city to the German invasions , in five volumes . Of these , the first three , bringing the ...
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... , from a remote period , by the two divisions of the Italian people . Philological analysis of the Italian tongue shows that they belong to the Indo - Germanic Hist . Nat . III I family , and that the Italians are brothers of the 4 ROME.
... , from a remote period , by the two divisions of the Italian people . Philological analysis of the Italian tongue shows that they belong to the Indo - Germanic Hist . Nat . III I family , and that the Italians are brothers of the 4 ROME.
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... self - government— a national unity which at last placed in his hands the mastery , not only over the divided Hellenic stock , but over the whole known world . Chapter II LATIN SETTLEMENTS AND ORIGIN OF ROME W 753 6 ROME.
... self - government— a national unity which at last placed in his hands the mastery , not only over the divided Hellenic stock , but over the whole known world . Chapter II LATIN SETTLEMENTS AND ORIGIN OF ROME W 753 6 ROME.
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... Rome's hands all the traffic of Latium , but , as the Tiber was the natural barrier against northern invaders , Rome be- came the maritime frontier fortress of Latium . Again , the situa- tion acted in two ways : Firstly , it brought ...
... Rome's hands all the traffic of Latium , but , as the Tiber was the natural barrier against northern invaders , Rome be- came the maritime frontier fortress of Latium . Again , the situa- tion acted in two ways : Firstly , it brought ...
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