Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 21
... regard Rome as their market - center and seat of justice . Legally they occupied the position of clients , though in some cases of individuals and clans full burgess - rights were granted ; this was especially the case with Alban clans ...
... regard Rome as their market - center and seat of justice . Legally they occupied the position of clients , though in some cases of individuals and clans full burgess - rights were granted ; this was especially the case with Alban clans ...
Page 25
... regard to art and religion , Livy's statement that Etruscan culture was in early times the basis of Roman education , as Greek was in later days , cannot be accepted . The chief characteristic of the Etruscan religion was a gloomy ...
... regard to art and religion , Livy's statement that Etruscan culture was in early times the basis of Roman education , as Greek was in later days , cannot be accepted . The chief characteristic of the Etruscan religion was a gloomy ...
Page 30
... regard the great war with Etruria in that light , since , al- though 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 ...
... regard the great war with Etruria in that light , since , al- though 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 ...
Page 52
... regard to the Roman magistrates , a great loss of power was the outcome of party contests . The close of the struggle left the consular power subdivided and weakened . Jurisdiction , city police , election of senators and equites , the ...
... regard to the Roman magistrates , a great loss of power was the outcome of party contests . The close of the struggle left the consular power subdivided and weakened . Jurisdiction , city police , election of senators and equites , the ...
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... regards adminis- tration , war , peace , and alliances , the founding of colonies , the assignation of lands , and the whole system of finance , the senate became practically supreme . Great as the powers intrusted to the senate were ...
... regards adminis- tration , war , peace , and alliances , the founding of colonies , the assignation of lands , and the whole system of finance , the senate became practically supreme . Great as the powers intrusted to the senate were ...
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