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... Rome , to the time of the Caesars , could not compare with those erected by Pericles at Athens . The Romans became the best builders the world has ever seen , but the worst architects . The conquest of the world and not the perfec- tion ...
... Rome , to the time of the Caesars , could not compare with those erected by Pericles at Athens . The Romans became the best builders the world has ever seen , but the worst architects . The conquest of the world and not the perfec- tion ...
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... Rome with Italy . Victor Emanuel II declared to his followers , to the people of Italy , ' We are at Rome and there we shall remain . ' This unification of Italy was the realization of the dreams of Dante , of Verdi , of Machiavelli ...
... Rome with Italy . Victor Emanuel II declared to his followers , to the people of Italy , ' We are at Rome and there we shall remain . ' This unification of Italy was the realization of the dreams of Dante , of Verdi , of Machiavelli ...
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... Rome . We give an explanation of her wars , but have no apology to offer in their behalf . With Carthage fell a state that Rome could never replace . " There remains only the thick bed of ashes , the blackened stones , the charred wood ...
... Rome . We give an explanation of her wars , but have no apology to offer in their behalf . With Carthage fell a state that Rome could never replace . " There remains only the thick bed of ashes , the blackened stones , the charred wood ...
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Farewell to Youth | 1 |
Has War a Moral | 13 |
A Free India | 31 |
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