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... Aper's words , ' quam [ alii ] sed felicius quia illum fecisse pauciores sciunt . ' Lipsius ' non liquere , however , opened wide the door for other conjectures regarding the real author , for the orthodox view had still but few ...
... Aper's words , ' quam [ alii ] sed felicius quia illum fecisse pauciores sciunt . ' Lipsius ' non liquere , however , opened wide the door for other conjectures regarding the real author , for the orthodox view had still but few ...
Page xxiv
... Aper's statement in almost identical language ( c . 24 ext . ) and as ' in hunc diem ' was taken to mean ' down to this very day ' ( Dec. 7. 43 B. c . - Dec. 7 . 74 A. D. ) , the discrepancy appeared so glaring as to be explicable only ...
... Aper's statement in almost identical language ( c . 24 ext . ) and as ' in hunc diem ' was taken to mean ' down to this very day ' ( Dec. 7. 43 B. c . - Dec. 7 . 74 A. D. ) , the discrepancy appeared so glaring as to be explicable only ...
Page xxv
... Aper's entire argumentation . The number 120 is a fixed quantity , for according to a prevalent belief among the Romans just so many years constituted the ultimate limit of the natural life of man , and inasmuch as the interval between ...
... Aper's entire argumentation . The number 120 is a fixed quantity , for according to a prevalent belief among the Romans just so many years constituted the ultimate limit of the natural life of man , and inasmuch as the interval between ...
Page xxxix
... Aper's admiring comments , has nothing but supreme contempt for the abject servility of informers and ' amici principis ' 54 Cf. notes to c . 41 and 37 32 . 55 c . 36 init . 38 ext . longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et ...
... Aper's admiring comments , has nothing but supreme contempt for the abject servility of informers and ' amici principis ' 54 Cf. notes to c . 41 and 37 32 . 55 c . 36 init . 38 ext . longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et ...
Page lxv
... Aper , no less illus- trious as an advocate , is ironically praised for not allowing his forensic duties to alienate ... Aper's rejoinder : Non desinis , Messalla , vetera tantum et antiqua mirari , nostrorum autem studia inridere atque ...
... Aper , no less illus- trious as an advocate , is ironically praised for not allowing his forensic duties to alienate ... Aper's rejoinder : Non desinis , Messalla , vetera tantum et antiqua mirari , nostrorum autem studia inridere atque ...
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