Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... colonies as rival political centers is well shown in Rome's treatment of Ostia ; the latter city had no polit- ical independence , and its citizens were only allowed to retain , if they already possessed , the general burgess - rights ...
... colonies as rival political centers is well shown in Rome's treatment of Ostia ; the latter city had no polit- ical independence , and its citizens were only allowed to retain , if they already possessed , the general burgess - rights ...
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... colonies , i . e . , com- munities founded by Rome and Latium on the enemy's soil , which shows that the earliest extension of Latin territory took place in this direction . Fourthly , in addition to this enlargement of the Latin ...
... colonies , i . e . , com- munities founded by Rome and Latium on the enemy's soil , which shows that the earliest extension of Latin territory took place in this direction . Fourthly , in addition to this enlargement of the Latin ...
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... colonies may be grouped in three divisions . The original Ionian group included in Italy Cumae with the other Greek settlements at Vesuvius and Rhegium , and in Sicily Zankle ( later 753-509 B.C. Messana ) , Naxos , Cantana , Leontini ...
... colonies may be grouped in three divisions . The original Ionian group included in Italy Cumae with the other Greek settlements at Vesuvius and Rhegium , and in Sicily Zankle ( later 753-509 B.C. Messana ) , Naxos , Cantana , Leontini ...
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... colonies ; but in Italy it possessed only Tarentum and Heraclea . As to the period at which these several settlements took place , we rely on the fact that , while in Homer's time Sicily and Italy were practically unknown , in Hesiod's ...
... colonies ; but in Italy it possessed only Tarentum and Heraclea . As to the period at which these several settlements took place , we rely on the fact that , while in Homer's time Sicily and Italy were practically unknown , in Hesiod's ...
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... colonies on the west coast of Italy . The people of Cumae , and of the other Greek sta- tions near Vesuvius , attained a more moderate prosperity than either the Achaeans or Tarentines . The district they occupied was small , and they ...
... colonies on the west coast of Italy . The people of Cumae , and of the other Greek sta- tions near Vesuvius , attained a more moderate prosperity than either the Achaeans or Tarentines . The district they occupied was small , and they ...
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