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... tribes , the Vindelici and the Raeti , had made continual inroads into Cisalpine Gaul , and laid waste Roman territory . The Vindelici had their settlements between the Danube and the lake of Constance , so that their territory would ...
... tribes , the Vindelici and the Raeti , had made continual inroads into Cisalpine Gaul , and laid waste Roman territory . The Vindelici had their settlements between the Danube and the lake of Constance , so that their territory would ...
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... tribes above - mentioned , and formed their territory into a Roman province , which went by the name of Raetiæ , that is , Raetia Prima and Secunda . Drusus got the surname Germanicus from this conquest . Horace in this Ode sings the ...
... tribes above - mentioned , and formed their territory into a Roman province , which went by the name of Raetiæ , that is , Raetia Prima and Secunda . Drusus got the surname Germanicus from this conquest . Horace in this Ode sings the ...
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... tribe , after which he retired from public life and de- voted himself to letters . He was the founder of the first public library at Rome . Horace wishes him to cease for a time from the writing of tragedies , and only to resume it when ...
... tribe , after which he retired from public life and de- voted himself to letters . He was the founder of the first public library at Rome . Horace wishes him to cease for a time from the writing of tragedies , and only to resume it when ...
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... tribes . The Roman arms had met with a disaster . These tribes had crossed the Rhine , B. C. 17 , in- vaded the Roman territory in Gaul , and defeated the legate Lollius . Augustus took the field in person , and soon restored peace and ...
... tribes . The Roman arms had met with a disaster . These tribes had crossed the Rhine , B. C. 17 , in- vaded the Roman territory in Gaul , and defeated the legate Lollius . Augustus took the field in person , and soon restored peace and ...
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... tribe in what is now the Tyrol . veloces - swift , as being mountaineers . ΙΟ II arces - that is , fortresses built by the Romans on the Alps . 13 plus vice simplici - with more than a single requital , that is , with overwhelming ...
... tribe in what is now the Tyrol . veloces - swift , as being mountaineers . ΙΟ II arces - that is , fortresses built by the Romans on the Alps . 13 plus vice simplici - with more than a single requital , that is , with overwhelming ...
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Page 20 - Divesne prisco natus ab Inacho Nil interest an pauper et infima De gente sub divo moreris, Victima nil miserantis Orci. Omnes eodem cogimur, omnium Versatur urna serius ocius Sors exitura et nos in aeternum Exilium impositura cumbae.
Page 20 - Aequam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem, non secus in bonis Ab insolenti temperatam Laetitia, moriture Delli, Seu maestus omni tempore vixeris, Seu te in remoto gramine per dies Festos reclinatum bearis Interiore nota Falerni.
Page 15 - O diva, gratum quae regis Antium, praesens vel imo tollere de gradu mortale corpus vel superbos vertere funeribus triumphos...
Page 44 - O navis, referent in mare te novi fluctus ! o quid agis ? fortiter occupa portum ! nonne vides ut nudum remigio latus et malus celeri saucius Africo 5 antennaeque gemant ac sine funibus vix durare carinae possint imperiosius aequor? non tibi sunt Integra lintea, non di, quos iterum pressa voces malo.
Page 42 - Sic te diva potens Cypri, sic fratres Helenae, lucida sidera, ventorumque regat pater...
Page 9 - Fertur pudicae coniugis osculum Parvosque natos ut capitis minor Ab se removisse et virilem Torvus humi posuisse voltum, Donec labantes consilio patres 45 Firmaret auctor numquam alias dato, Interque maerentes amicos Egregius properaret exsul.
Page 27 - ODI profanum vulgus et arceo : Favete linguis : carmina non prius Audita Musarum sacerdos Virginibus puerisque canto.
Page 39 - Otium divos rogat in. patenti prensus Aegaeo, simul atra nubes condidit lunam neque certa fulgent sidera nautis ; otium bello furiosa Thrace, otium Medi pharetra decori, Grosphe, non gemmis neque purpura venale neque auro.
Page 45 - O fons Bandusiae, splendidior vitro, Dulci digne mero non sine floribus, Cras donaberis haedo, Cui frons turgida cornibus Primis et venerem et proelia destinat; Frustra: nam gelidos inficiet tibi Rubro sanguine rivos Lascivi suboles gregis. Te flagrantis atrox hora Caniculae Nescit tangere, tu frigus amabile Fessis vomere tauris Praebes et pecori vago.
Page 24 - Tityonque tristi compescit unda, scilicet omnibus, quicumque terrae munere vescimur, enaviganda, sive reges sive inopes erimus coloni. frustra cruento Marte carebimus fractisque rauci fluctibus Hadriae, frustra per autumnos nocentem...