Romilii, the chief probably of all the Roman clans, was settled in this very quarter ; the Janiculum formed a part of the city itself, and Ostia was a burgess colony or, in other words, a suburb. This cannot have been the result of mere accident. The... The History of Rome - Page 53by Theodor Mommsen - 1864Full view - About this book
| Theodor Mommsen - 1862 - 544 pages
...Arval festival and Arval brotherhood of Rome. In fact, from time immemorial the clan of the Eomilii, the chief probably of all the Roman clans, was settled...the Janiculum formed a part of the city itself, and Ostiawas a burgess colony, or, in other words, a suburb. This cannot have been the result of mere accident.... | |
| Theodor Mommsen - Rome - 1864 - 558 pages
...chief seat of the Arval festival and Arval brotherhood of Rome. In fact, from time immemorial the clan of the Romilii, the chief probably of all the Roman...on a coast scantily provided with harbours, became necessarily the anchorage of seafarers. Moreover, the Tiber formed from very ancient times the frontier... | |
| Robert Henlopen Labberton - History - 1870 - 268 pages
...Latium, so different from what the physical character of the locality would have led us to anticipate. This cannot have been the result of mere accident....; and its mouth, on a coast scantily provided with harbors, became necessarily the anchorage of seafarers. Moreover, the Tiber formed from very ancient... | |
| Robert Henlopen Labberton - History - 1871 - 256 pages
...Latium, so different from what the physical character of the locality would have led us to anticipate. This cannot have been the result of mere accident....; and its mouth, on a coast scantily provided with harbors, became necessarily the anchorage of seafarers. Moreover, the Tiber formed from very ancient... | |
| William Binnington Boyce - History - 1884 - 676 pages
...Cm/as. Three tribes, the Ramnes, Tities, and Luceres, combined to form the population of Rome (753 nc). The Tiber was the natural highway for the traffic of Latium ; and Rome thus combined the advantages of a strong position, commanding both banks of the stream down to... | |
| Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 558 pages
...chief seat of the Arval festival and Arval brotherhood of Rome. Indeed, from time immemorial the clan of the Romilii, the chief probably of all the Roman...; and its mouth, on a coast scantily provided with harbors, became necessarily the anchorage of seafarers. Moreover, the Tiber formed from very ancient... | |
| Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 430 pages
...chief seat of the Arval festival and Arval brotherhood of Rome. Indeed, from time immemorial the clan of the Romilii, the chief probably of all the Roman...; and its mouth, on a coast scantily provided with harbors, became necessarily the anchorage of seafarers. Moreover, the Tiber formed from very ancfcnt... | |
| Richard Garnett - Literature - 1899 - 564 pages
...Arval festival and Arval brotherhood of Rome. Indeed, from time immemorial the clan of the Romiiii, the chief probably of all the Roman clans, was settled...; and its mouth, on a coast scantily provided with harbors, became necessarily the anchorage of seafarers. Moreover, the Tiber formed from very ancient... | |
| Mrs. Eveleen Laura Mason - 1909 - 138 pages
...Dca Dei?) — "The chief seat of all the Roman clans, was settled in this quarter; and Ostia was the Burgess colony, or, in other words a suburb. This...highway for the traffic of Latium, and its mouth on the coast, scantily provided with harbors, necessarily became the anchorage of seafarers. Moreover... | |
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