 Kome was not built in a day. But the serious consideration of the historian may well be directed to the inquiry in what way Rome could so early attain that prominent political position which it held in Latium, so different from what the physical character...  The History of Rome - Page 51by Theodor Mommsen - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Theodor Mommsen - Rome - 1864 - 558 pages
...sense, such as the legend assumes, is of course to be reckoned altogether out of the question : Rome was not built in a day. But the serious consideration...locality would have led us to anticipate. The site of Bome is less healthy and less fertile than that of most of the old Latiu towns. Neither the vine nor... | |
 | Robert Henlopen Labberton - History - 1870 - 268 pages
...city, such as the legend assumes, is of course to be reckoned altogether out of the question: Rome was not built in a day. But the serious consideration...character of the locality would have led us to anticipate. This cannot have been the result of mere accident. The Tiber was the natural highway for the traffic... | |
 | Robert Henlopen Labberton - History - 1871 - 256 pages
...city, such as the legend assumes, is of course to be reckoned altogether out of the question : Rome was not built in a day. But the serious consideration...character of the locality would have led us to anticipate. This cannot have been the result of mere accident. The Tiber was the natural highway for the traffic... | |
 | Robert Henlopen Labberton - History - 1876 - 278 pages
...Which wns founded the latest? 812. *When and where was Rome founded ? 313. *ln what way could Rome so early attain that prominent political position which it held in Latium ? 314. * What were the earliest demonstrable boundaries of the Roman community in the landward direction... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 558 pages
...sense, such as the legend assumes, is of course to be reckoned altogether out of the question : Rome was not built in a day. But the serious consideration...the inquiry, in what way Rome could so early attain the prominent political position which it held in Latium — so different from what the physical character... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 470 pages
...sense, such as the legend assumes, is of course to be reckoned altogether out of the question : Rome was not built in a day. But the serious consideration...the inquiry, in what way Rome could so early attain the prominent political position which it held in Latium — so different from what the physical character... | |
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