Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... land directions by powerful cities . But all these disadvantages were more than compensated by the unfettered command it had of both banks of the Tiber down to the mouth of the river . The fact that the clan of the Romilii was settled ...
... land directions by powerful cities . But all these disadvantages were more than compensated by the unfettered command it had of both banks of the Tiber down to the mouth of the river . The fact that the clan of the Romilii was settled ...
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... land , but when households combined into a gens , each clan had its lands , and this system naturally extended to curies and communities , whether single or combined . Thus clan - lands formed in primitive times the smallest unit in the ...
... land , but when households combined into a gens , each clan had its lands , and this system naturally extended to curies and communities , whether single or combined . Thus clan - lands formed in primitive times the smallest unit in the ...
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... land won in war , was not identified with the private property of the king . His exchequer was filled partly by the land - taxes , i . e . , the scriptura , or pasture tribute , paid by those who fed cattle on the common pasture , and ...
... land won in war , was not identified with the private property of the king . His exchequer was filled partly by the land - taxes , i . e . , the scriptura , or pasture tribute , paid by those who fed cattle on the common pasture , and ...
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... land , were bound to serve ; and they were distributed , according to the size of their property , into five classes . The first class , who were obliged to appear in complete armor , consisted of the possessors of an entire hide of land ...
... land , were bound to serve ; and they were distributed , according to the size of their property , into five classes . The first class , who were obliged to appear in complete armor , consisted of the possessors of an entire hide of land ...
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... land north of the Arnus , as far as the mouth of the Macra and the Apennines , was debatable border territory , held now by Ligu- rians , now by Etruscans . The land between the Ciminian range and the Tiber , with the towns of Sutrium ...
... land north of the Arnus , as far as the mouth of the Macra and the Apennines , was debatable border territory , held now by Ligu- rians , now by Etruscans . The land between the Ciminian range and the Tiber , with the towns of Sutrium ...
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