Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... clan arose from the family and the state from the clan ; but , as the relations in a Roman household differed widely from those in a Greek , so the position of a clan , as a separate power , in a Greek , was far higher than in a Roman ...
... clan arose from the family and the state from the clan ; but , as the relations in a Roman household differed widely from those in a Greek , so the position of a clan , as a separate power , in a Greek , was far higher than in a Roman ...
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... clan . No doubt each canton had its local center , which served . alike as a place of meeting and of refuge ; these were called , from their position , mountain tops ( capitolia ) or strongholds ( arces ) . In time houses began to ...
... clan . No doubt each canton had its local center , which served . alike as a place of meeting and of refuge ; these were called , from their position , mountain tops ( capitolia ) or strongholds ( arces ) . In time houses began to ...
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... clan of the Romilii was settled on the right bank from time immemorial , and that there lay the grove of the creative goddess , Dea Dia , and the primitive seat of the Arval festival and Arval brotherhood , proves that the original ...
... clan of the Romilii was settled on the right bank from time immemorial , and that there lay the grove of the creative goddess , Dea Dia , and the primitive seat of the Arval festival and Arval brotherhood , proves that the original ...
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... clan or gens she henceforth belonged . On the father's death the sons still preserved the unity of the family , nor did it become broken till the male stock died out , but , as the connecting links became gradually weaker in suc ...
... clan or gens she henceforth belonged . On the father's death the sons still preserved the unity of the family , nor did it become broken till the male stock died out , but , as the connecting links became gradually weaker in suc ...
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... clans , and the clans of families , and although the relations of the various members of the household were not altered by their incorporation with the state , yet a son outside the household was on a footing of equality with the father ...
... clans , and the clans of families , and although the relations of the various members of the household were not altered by their incorporation with the state , yet a son outside the household was on a footing of equality with the father ...
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