Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... formed by the mountain chain of the Apennines breaking off from the Western Alps and crossing the northern portion of the country in an easterly direction , thence turning southeast and south , and terminating finally at the strait that ...
... formed by the mountain chain of the Apennines breaking off from the Western Alps and crossing the northern portion of the country in an easterly direction , thence turning southeast and south , and terminating finally at the strait that ...
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... formed the northern boundary , and only the center of the region between the Tiber , the spurs of the Apennines , the Alban mount , and the sea , consisting of some seven hundred square miles , Circa 753 formed Latium proper - the real ...
... formed the northern boundary , and only the center of the region between the Tiber , the spurs of the Apennines , the Alban mount , and the sea , consisting of some seven hundred square miles , Circa 753 formed Latium proper - the real ...
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... formed in winter , and as there is no natural outlet for the water , malaria arises from the noxious exhalations in summer heat . This malaria the ancient inhabitants avoided by wearing heavy woolen clothing , and by keeping a con ...
... formed in winter , and as there is no natural outlet for the water , malaria arises from the noxious exhalations in summer heat . This malaria the ancient inhabitants avoided by wearing heavy woolen clothing , and by keeping a con ...
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... forming what is known as the Latin League , it was but natural that Alba should be the center of that league , and therefore president of the thirty cantons which composed it . We have no certain knowledge as to the powers or legal ...
... forming what is known as the Latin League , it was but natural that Alba should be the center of that league , and therefore president of the thirty cantons which composed it . We have no certain knowledge as to the powers or legal ...
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... formed with the slaves the familia , or " body of servants , " and were dependent on the will of the head of the house or patron , their position was practically one of considerable free- dom ; and in the course of several generations ...
... formed with the slaves the familia , or " body of servants , " and were dependent on the will of the head of the house or patron , their position was practically one of considerable free- dom ; and in the course of several generations ...
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