An Inquiry Into the Credibility of the Early Roman History, Volume 2J. W. Parker and son, 1855 - Rome |
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... territory by the Sabines and Equians . Meeting of the Senate . Troops are levied . 203 Murder of Siccius Dentatus by order of the decemvirs . 51 Attempt of Appius upon Virginia 5o • • 205 207 211 · . • 215 216 52 The army moves from the ...
... territory by the Sabines and Equians . Meeting of the Senate . Troops are levied . 203 Murder of Siccius Dentatus by order of the decemvirs . 51 Attempt of Appius upon Virginia 5o • • 205 207 211 · . • 215 216 52 The army moves from the ...
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... territory of Ardea · • · 267 59 439 B.C. Alleged treason of Sp . Mælius : he is put to death 269 60 437 B.C. A. Cornelius Cossus slays Lars Tolumnius , king of the Veientes , and dedicates his armour as spolia opima 275 61 434 B.C. Law ...
... territory of Ardea · • · 267 59 439 B.C. Alleged treason of Sp . Mælius : he is put to death 269 60 437 B.C. A. Cornelius Cossus slays Lars Tolumnius , king of the Veientes , and dedicates his armour as spolia opima 275 61 434 B.C. Law ...
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Sir George Cornewall Lewis. § 76 393 B.C. Division of the Veientine territory . Proposal to migrate to Veii . • 77 391 B.C. Accusation and banishment of Camillus p . 307 308 78 Review of the accounts of the siege of Veii , and of the ...
Sir George Cornewall Lewis. § 76 393 B.C. Division of the Veientine territory . Proposal to migrate to Veii . • 77 391 B.C. Accusation and banishment of Camillus p . 307 308 78 Review of the accounts of the siege of Veii , and of the ...
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... territory of the Bruttians 435 25 302 B.C. Expedition of Cleonymus to Southern Italy : his piratical excursion to Patavium • 439 • 26 330-1 B.C. Subjugation of Privernum , and answer of the Pri- vernate envoys 27 326 B.C. Rupture of the ...
... territory of the Bruttians 435 25 302 B.C. Expedition of Cleonymus to Southern Italy : his piratical excursion to Patavium • 439 • 26 330-1 B.C. Subjugation of Privernum , and answer of the Pri- vernate envoys 27 326 B.C. Rupture of the ...
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... territory north of the Tiber , called Septem pagi , which had been taken from them by the Romans . ( 62 ) 3 The delivery of hostages from the principal families . ( 63 ) The Romans reject the first , but comply with the last two of ...
... territory north of the Tiber , called Septem pagi , which had been taken from them by the Romans . ( 62 ) 3 The delivery of hostages from the principal families . ( 63 ) The Romans reject the first , but comply with the last two of ...
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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.