Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... arm which is capable of guiding the blind efforts of the common people , led him to form estimates of the leading statesmen of Rome which have provoked the sharpest criticism . His condemnation of Cicero as a man of words rather than ...
... arm which is capable of guiding the blind efforts of the common people , led him to form estimates of the leading statesmen of Rome which have provoked the sharpest criticism . His condemnation of Cicero as a man of words rather than ...
Page 14
... arms . Hence the name populus ( " body of warriors , ' connected with populari , " to lay waste " ) ; hence , too , the name of quirites ( " lancemen " ) , given them by the king . Other duties in- cumbent on the burgesses were such as ...
... arms . Hence the name populus ( " body of warriors , ' connected with populari , " to lay waste " ) ; hence , too , the name of quirites ( " lancemen " ) , given them by the king . Other duties in- cumbent on the burgesses were such as ...
Page 56
... arms . Fortunately , however , for Rome , the main strength of the Etruscan nation was diverted from Latium , and called to do battle elsewhere ; while Veii and the neighboring towns grappled with Rome , the rest of the Etruscans were ...
... arms . Fortunately , however , for Rome , the main strength of the Etruscan nation was diverted from Latium , and called to do battle elsewhere ; while Veii and the neighboring towns grappled with Rome , the rest of the Etruscans were ...
Page 57
... arms , we find that the revival of maritime . supremacy by Carthage brought no similar revival to their old allies the Etruscans . On the contrary , the relations between the two powers had become so strained , that in 310 B.C. Tuscan ...
... arms , we find that the revival of maritime . supremacy by Carthage brought no similar revival to their old allies the Etruscans . On the contrary , the relations between the two powers had become so strained , that in 310 B.C. Tuscan ...
Page 63
... arms , possibly owing to the fact that the Sabine hordes were pouring into lower Italy . It was not even found necessary to plant colonies in this Sabine land to keep it in subjec- tion . Their neighbors , the Aequi , on the upper Anio ...
... arms , possibly owing to the fact that the Sabine hordes were pouring into lower Italy . It was not even found necessary to plant colonies in this Sabine land to keep it in subjec- tion . Their neighbors , the Aequi , on the upper Anio ...
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