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... position and trifling legacy in his will 2 ; while from the stern and ungenial Tiberius he had less indulgence to expect . He was now earnestly desirous of filling the magistracies of state , but was put off with the ' ornamenta ...
... position and trifling legacy in his will 2 ; while from the stern and ungenial Tiberius he had less indulgence to expect . He was now earnestly desirous of filling the magistracies of state , but was put off with the ' ornamenta ...
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... position in his will than he had held in that of Augustus . On the accession of Gaius , he emerges from a position of obscurity and neglect , and of personal safety assured thereby , into one of greater outward dignity , combined with ...
... position in his will than he had held in that of Augustus . On the accession of Gaius , he emerges from a position of obscurity and neglect , and of personal safety assured thereby , into one of greater outward dignity , combined with ...
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... position had another side to it , at a time when all thinking men could foresee that the existing tyranny must needs be shortlived ; that its out- come would not be ( as some fondly dreamt ) a return to the old Republic , but the ...
... position had another side to it , at a time when all thinking men could foresee that the existing tyranny must needs be shortlived ; that its out- come would not be ( as some fondly dreamt ) a return to the old Republic , but the ...
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... position held under Tiberius was reestablished by releasing and sending back Mithridates , the king originally chosen by him , who was enabled by the temporary weakness of Parthia to recover and maintain his authority 10 . The ...
... position held under Tiberius was reestablished by releasing and sending back Mithridates , the king originally chosen by him , who was enabled by the temporary weakness of Parthia to recover and maintain his authority 10 . The ...
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... position of senators and statesmen , his most trusted adviser must have been L. Vitellius , a man of base character but of undoubted ability ( see 6. 28 , 1 ; 32 , 5 , etc. ) . Galba was also among his most intimate friends ( Suet ...
... position of senators and statesmen , his most trusted adviser must have been L. Vitellius , a man of base character but of undoubted ability ( see 6. 28 , 1 ; 32 , 5 , etc. ) . Galba was also among his most intimate friends ( Suet ...
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Page 593 - Mirum est qua religione, quo studio imagines Brutorum, Cassiorum, Catonum domi, ubi potest, habeat.
Page 529 - ... et pereuntibus addita ludibria, ut ferarum tergis contecti laniatu canum interirent aut crucibus adfixi [aut flammandi atque], ubi defecisset dies, in usu[m] nocturni luminis urerentur.
Page 567 - According to Tertullian (de spect. 8) 'circus soli principaliter consecratur, cuius aedes medio spatio et effigies de fastigio aedis emicat'. As Jacob suggests, the Sun was no doubt worshipped in this place as the great charioteer. The worship appears to be of Sabine origin; Sol being represented in legend as one of the gods of Tatius: see Varr. LL 5. 68; Dion. Hal. 2. 50. in quo faoinus parabatur: see c.
Page 211 - Caelio ita appellitatus mutatoque nomine, nam Tusce Mastarna ei nomen erat, ita appellatus est ut dixi, et regnum summa cum rei p(ublicae) utilitate optinuit.
Page 213 - Ut dirum nomen la/tronis taceam, et odi illud palaestricum prodigium, quod ante in do/mum consulatum intulit, quam 277 colonia sua solidum civitatis Roma/паe benificium consecuta est. Idem de fratre eius possum dicere, / miserabili quidem indignissimoque hoc casu, ut vobis utilis / senator esse non possit.
Page 247 - Sed Agrippina quo vim suam sociis quoque nationibus ostentaret, in oppidum Ubiorum, in quo genita erat, veteranos coloniamque deduci impetrat, cui nomen inditum e vocabulo ipsius.
Page 542 - ... et tamen ipsam quoque ictu calcis occidit, quod se ex aurigatione sero reversum gravida et aegra conviciis incesserat. Ex hac filiam tulit Claudiam Augustam amisitque admodum infantem.
Page 244 - ... quia id genus animalium aratro subditur, sulcus designandi oppidi coeptus, ut magnam Herculis aram amplecteretur ; inde certis spatiis interiecti lapides per ima montis Palatini ad aram Consi, mox curias veteres, turn ad sacellum Larum, inde forum Romanum ; forumque1 et Capitolium non a Romulo, sed a Tito Tatio additum urbi credidere.
Page 2 - Misisti mihi librum Senecae, et Cornelium Taciturn, quod est mihi gratum : at is est litteris longobardis et maiori ex parte caducis, quod si scissem, liberassem te eo labore.
Page 213 - Comatae Galliae causa agenda est, in qua si quis hoc intuetur, quod bello per decem annos exercuerunt divom lulium, idem opponat centum annorum immobilem fidem obsequiumque multis trepidis re35 bus nostris plus quam expertum.