Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page vii
... tion which clothed the abstruse facts of Roman history with the flesh and blood of real life . He had been trained as a philologist and as a lawyer , and thus brought a double faculty of interpreta- tion to his work . Finally he took an ...
... tion which clothed the abstruse facts of Roman history with the flesh and blood of real life . He had been trained as a philologist and as a lawyer , and thus brought a double faculty of interpreta- tion to his work . Finally he took an ...
Page ix
... tion which clothed the abstruse facts of Roman history with the flesh and blood of real life . He had been trained as a philologist and as a lawyer , and thus brought a double faculty of interpreta- tion to his work . Finally he took an ...
... tion which clothed the abstruse facts of Roman history with the flesh and blood of real life . He had been trained as a philologist and as a lawyer , and thus brought a double faculty of interpreta- tion to his work . Finally he took an ...
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... tion acted in two ways : Firstly , it brought Rome into commercial relations with the outer world , cemented her alliance with Caere , and taught her the importance of building bridges . Secondly , it caused the Roman canton to become ...
... tion acted in two ways : Firstly , it brought Rome into commercial relations with the outer world , cemented her alliance with Caere , and taught her the importance of building bridges . Secondly , it caused the Roman canton to become ...
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... tion to these duties the burgesses had also rights . They were convoked by the king in formal assemblies ( comitia curiata ) twice a year , or in such other meetings as the king thought fit to hold . They had no right of speech on such ...
... tion to these duties the burgesses had also rights . They were convoked by the king in formal assemblies ( comitia curiata ) twice a year , or in such other meetings as the king thought fit to hold . They had no right of speech on such ...
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... tion of the constitution , whether coming from king or burgess- assembly . In consequence of this power of the senate , or at least in close connection with it , arose the very ancient custom of the king's convoking the senate , and ...
... tion of the constitution , whether coming from king or burgess- assembly . In consequence of this power of the senate , or at least in close connection with it , arose the very ancient custom of the king's convoking the senate , and ...
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