An Inquiry Into the Credibility of the Early Roman History, Volume 2J. W. Parker and son, 1855 - Rome |
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... passage , Niebuhr assumes the existence of a knowledge of the history of Rome at this period , which is purely imaginary . If the later Romans did not know the truth about the events of 510 B.C. , there was no occasion for any study to ...
... passage , Niebuhr assumes the existence of a knowledge of the history of Rome at this period , which is purely imaginary . If the later Romans did not know the truth about the events of 510 B.C. , there was no occasion for any study to ...
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... passage regnum is exactly equivalent to the Greek Tupavvis . Appian in like manner applies the term Bagideia to the dictatorship of Sylla : he says that the Romans having been governed above 240 years by kings , and then 400 years by ...
... passage regnum is exactly equivalent to the Greek Tupavvis . Appian in like manner applies the term Bagideia to the dictatorship of Sylla : he says that the Romans having been governed above 240 years by kings , and then 400 years by ...
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... passage of Ulpian de Off . quæst . ap . Dig . i . 13 , appears to refer to the judicial office of quæstor under the kings . See Becker , ib . p . 329. A conjecture respecting the origin and meaning of the expression quastores classici ...
... passage of Ulpian de Off . quæst . ap . Dig . i . 13 , appears to refer to the judicial office of quæstor under the kings . See Becker , ib . p . 329. A conjecture respecting the origin and meaning of the expression quastores classici ...
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... passage , faithfully reproduces the meaning of the earlier writers : ' Porsena rex Etruscorum , gravissimus regii nominis suffra- gator , Tarquinium manu ingerens , tribus continuis annis trepidam urbem terruit , conclusit , obsedit ...
... passage , faithfully reproduces the meaning of the earlier writers : ' Porsena rex Etruscorum , gravissimus regii nominis suffra- gator , Tarquinium manu ingerens , tribus continuis annis trepidam urbem terruit , conclusit , obsedit ...
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... passage , at least , is written in the spirit of conjectural hypothesis which pervades the chief part of Niebuhr's work . See above , vol . i . p . 9 , n . 23 . ment , without having been ever restored to his throne SECT . 13. ] KINGS ...
... passage , at least , is written in the spirit of conjectural hypothesis which pervades the chief part of Niebuhr's work . See above , vol . i . p . 9 , n . 23 . ment , without having been ever restored to his throne SECT . 13. ] KINGS ...
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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...
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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...
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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.