Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... adaptability which was one of the chief elements of their success in dealing with other peoples . Rome thus absorbed other communities instead of destroying them . Chapter III THE ROMAN CONSTITUTION AND THE REFORMS T OF 10 ROME.
... adaptability which was one of the chief elements of their success in dealing with other peoples . Rome thus absorbed other communities instead of destroying them . Chapter III THE ROMAN CONSTITUTION AND THE REFORMS T OF 10 ROME.
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... success of Rome , as of Athens , is doubtless due to the thorough application of this system of centralization . Thirdly , although Rome failed to master Fidenae , it kept its hold upon Janiculum , and upon both banks at the mouth of ...
... success of Rome , as of Athens , is doubtless due to the thorough application of this system of centralization . Thirdly , although Rome failed to master Fidenae , it kept its hold upon Janiculum , and upon both banks at the mouth of ...
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... success , were waged against the Volscians and Rutulians ; and in this quarter we first meet with Latin colonies , i . e . , com- munities founded by Rome and Latium on the enemy's soil , which shows that the earliest extension of Latin ...
... success , were waged against the Volscians and Rutulians ; and in this quarter we first meet with Latin colonies , i . e . , com- munities founded by Rome and Latium on the enemy's soil , which shows that the earliest extension of Latin ...
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... successful , the Etruscans neither restored the monarchy nor even brought back the family of the Tarquins . The change , vio- lently accomplished as it was , did not abolish the royal power ; the one life - king was simply replaced by ...
... successful , the Etruscans neither restored the monarchy nor even brought back the family of the Tarquins . The change , vio- lently accomplished as it was , did not abolish the royal power ; the one life - king was simply replaced by ...
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... successes of Rome , and the necessity of sending out large colonies to consolidate the Roman rule in Italy . Added to this , the general increase of prosperity from successful war and commerce , and the flourishing condition of the ...
... successes of Rome , and the necessity of sending out large colonies to consolidate the Roman rule in Italy . Added to this , the general increase of prosperity from successful war and commerce , and the flourishing condition of the ...
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