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... only beneath the shelter of the kindly hills could he live in safety with his flocks and herds . In their recesses the little communities of Latins formed a rude confederation together to worship 28 THE STUDY OF ROMAN HISTORY.
... only beneath the shelter of the kindly hills could he live in safety with his flocks and herds . In their recesses the little communities of Latins formed a rude confederation together to worship 28 THE STUDY OF ROMAN HISTORY.
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... live there comfortably en pension for a farthing a day . ( This is no longer the case . ) But when the Romans 1 The walk from Fano to Orvieto and Rome along the course of the Ancient road is an attractive one . Its chief difficulty is ...
... live there comfortably en pension for a farthing a day . ( This is no longer the case . ) But when the Romans 1 The walk from Fano to Orvieto and Rome along the course of the Ancient road is an attractive one . Its chief difficulty is ...
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... lives for themselves at least brighter hopes for their sons . And the Roman , in his own hard practical fashion , was apt to be curiously devoted to his boys . Quite early there began a tendency towards the removal of distinctions ...
... lives for themselves at least brighter hopes for their sons . And the Roman , in his own hard practical fashion , was apt to be curiously devoted to his boys . Quite early there began a tendency towards the removal of distinctions ...
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... live in the very streets of crowded Rome . We listen to the disputes , trials , debates , and uproar . We share in the conflict of hopes and fears ; marvel at the riots ; shudder at the savageries and cruelties of men with desires and ...
... live in the very streets of crowded Rome . We listen to the disputes , trials , debates , and uproar . We share in the conflict of hopes and fears ; marvel at the riots ; shudder at the savageries and cruelties of men with desires and ...
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... Principate for study and that series of Roman Emperors , Augustus , Tiberius , Caligula , Claudius , and Nero , who , both by the gloomy genius of a Tacitus and the venomous gossip of a Suetonius , live for us as do THE " THREE PERIODS " ...
... Principate for study and that series of Roman Emperors , Augustus , Tiberius , Caligula , Claudius , and Nero , who , both by the gloomy genius of a Tacitus and the venomous gossip of a Suetonius , live for us as do THE " THREE PERIODS " ...
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