An Inquiry Into the Credibility of the Early Roman History, Volume 2J. W. Parker and son, 1855 - Rome |
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... Battle of the Lake Regillus 12 Consequences of the battle . Death of Tarquin at Cumæ 13 Comments upon the historical accounts for the first fourteen years of the Republic • • 22283 29 33 • • 14 Chronological arrangement of the events ...
... Battle of the Lake Regillus 12 Consequences of the battle . Death of Tarquin at Cumæ 13 Comments upon the historical accounts for the first fourteen years of the Republic • • 22283 29 33 • • 14 Chronological arrangement of the events ...
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... Battles of Mount Gaurus , Saticula , and Suessula Review of the accounts of the origin of the First Samnite War 413 ... Battle of Veseris . Devotion of Decius . Examination of the 22 accounts of the reduction of Latium . 339 B.C. Laws ...
... Battles of Mount Gaurus , Saticula , and Suessula Review of the accounts of the origin of the First Samnite War 413 ... Battle of Veseris . Devotion of Decius . Examination of the 22 accounts of the reduction of Latium . 339 B.C. Laws ...
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... battle was fixed to the last day of February ; Plut . ib . Val . Max . i . 8 , § 5 , says that the Etruscans were seized in this battle with a panic fear , caused by the supernatural announcement of Silvanus that one more would be ...
... battle was fixed to the last day of February ; Plut . ib . Val . Max . i . 8 , § 5 , says that the Etruscans were seized in this battle with a panic fear , caused by the supernatural announcement of Silvanus that one more would be ...
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... battle with a separate army , in which Valerius kills 5000 Etruscans ; Publ . 17 . ( 61 ) v . 31. Dionysius prefers the latter account : xai ráx ' âv tin tovr ' ándéσrepov . Plutarch likewise says that there are various versions of the ...
... battle with a separate army , in which Valerius kills 5000 Etruscans ; Publ . 17 . ( 61 ) v . 31. Dionysius prefers the latter account : xai ráx ' âv tin tovr ' ándéσrepov . Plutarch likewise says that there are various versions of the ...
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... battle between the Romans and the Latins was fought at the lake Regillus , in the Tusculan territory . ( 98 ) As in the battle at which Brutus and Aruns Tarquin were killed , it was distin- guished by the personal part which the chiefs ...
... battle between the Romans and the Latins was fought at the lake Regillus , in the Tusculan territory . ( 98 ) As in the battle at which Brutus and Aruns Tarquin were killed , it was distin- guished by the personal part which the chiefs ...
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Page 438 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. — But bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
Page 490 - C<esar, ought at once to be admitted as valid and worthy of credence. What Mr. Clinton here calls the early tradition, is in point of fact, the narrative of these early poets. The word tradition is an equivocal word, and begs the whole question ; for while in its obvious and literal meaning it implies only something handed down, whether truth or fiction, — it is tacitly understood to imply a tale descriptive of some real matter of fact, taking its rise at the time when that fact happened, and originally...
Page 497 - Megasthenes and Berosus could only compile from books. The value of the materials which would be in their hands we shall not estimate very highly, when we consider the character of those materials. In the great monarchies of Asia, Oriental history has seldom been faithfully delivered by the Orientals themselves. In the ancient times, before the Greek kingdoms of Asia diffused knowledge and information, it is not likely that history would be undertaken by private individuals. The habits of the people,...
Page 556 - All the historical labour bestowed upon the early centuries of Rome will, in general, be wasted. The history of this period, viewed as a series of picturesque narratives, will be read to the greatest advantage in the original writers, and will be deteriorated by reproduction in a modern dress. If we regard a historical painting merely as a work of art, the accounts of the ancients can only suffer from being retouched by the pencil of the modern restorer.
Page 55 - Tan ti errores implicant temporum, aliter apud alios ordinatis magistratibus, ut, nee qui cónsules secundum quosdam, nee quid quoque anno actum sit, in tanta vetustate, non rerum modo, sed etiam auctorum, digerere possis.
Page 45 - Ecce Sabinorum prisco de sanguine magnum agmen agens Clausus magnique ipse agminis instar, Claudia nunc a quo diffunditur et tribus et gens per Latium, postquam in partem data Roma Sabinis.
Page 361 - no period of Roman history since the first institution of the tribunes of the commons is really more obscure than the thirty years immediately following the retreat of the Gauls. And the reason of this is, that when there are no contemporary historians, the mere existence of public documents affords no security for the preservation of a real knowledge of men and actions. The documents may exist, but they give no evidence ; they are neglected or corrupted at pleasure by poets and panegyrists ; and...
Page 361 - Augustan age. Yet still no period of Roman history since the first institution of the tribunes of the commons is really more obscure than the thirty years immediately following the retreat of the Gauls. And the reason of this is, that when there are no independent contemporary historians, the mere existence of public documents affords no security for the preservation of a real knowledge of men and actions. The documents may exist...
Page 144 - Ter centum Fabii ter cecidere duo. Una domus vires et onus susceperat urbis : Sumunt gentiles arma professa manus ; Egreditur castris miles generosus ab isdem, E quis dux fieri quilibet aptus erat.