Roman Antiquities: Or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans ... Designed Chiefly to Illustrate the Latin Classics, by Explaining Words and Phrases from the Rites and Customs to which They Refer |
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... Livy ; or to the course of judicial proceedings , in connection with the orations of Cicero ; or to the minor , but no less interesting allusions to life and manners , in the writings of the sagacious Horace , or the sarcastic Juvenal ...
... Livy ; or to the course of judicial proceedings , in connection with the orations of Cicero ; or to the minor , but no less interesting allusions to life and manners , in the writings of the sagacious Horace , or the sarcastic Juvenal ...
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... Livy ) , fully exemplifies , in its offices and magistrates , & c . , the working of the republican government . Such , in striking con- trast , is Tacitus's Life of Agricola , in the latter part of the first century ( A. D. ) , when ...
... Livy ) , fully exemplifies , in its offices and magistrates , & c . , the working of the republican government . Such , in striking con- trast , is Tacitus's Life of Agricola , in the latter part of the first century ( A. D. ) , when ...
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... Livy , from the beginning of the plebeian disturbances until after the decemviral government ; the former being represented as inclined to reconciliation , the latter as more obstinate and violent . In the senate , there were only the ...
... Livy , from the beginning of the plebeian disturbances until after the decemviral government ; the former being represented as inclined to reconciliation , the latter as more obstinate and violent . In the senate , there were only the ...
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... Livy , i . 17. 30. , there were only 100 senators at the death of Romulus , and their number was increased by Tullus Hostilius , after the destruction of Alba . Tarquinius Priscus , the fifth king of Rome , added 100 more , who were ...
... Livy , i . 17. 30. , there were only 100 senators at the death of Romulus , and their number was increased by Tullus Hostilius , after the destruction of Alba . Tarquinius Priscus , the fifth king of Rome , added 100 more , who were ...
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... Livy tells us that the præfect of the city created the first consuls ( i . 60. ) , and that Brutus , one of these consuls , created P. Valerius his colleague in that office ( ii . 2. ) , or that the Interrex on other occasions , created ...
... Livy tells us that the præfect of the city created the first consuls ( i . 60. ) , and that Brutus , one of these consuls , created P. Valerius his colleague in that office ( ii . 2. ) , or that the Interrex on other occasions , created ...
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