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269 Silver first coined at Rome . cxxix . 1 . 264 First Punic war begins , and
continues 23 years . cxxx . 1 . 494260 Duillius gains the first naval C . victory with
a Roman fleet over the Carthaginians . cxxxi . 1 . | 498 256 | Regulus defeated by
Xan: ...
269 Silver first coined at Rome . cxxix . 1 . 264 First Punic war begins , and
continues 23 years . cxxx . 1 . 494260 Duillius gains the first naval C . victory with
a Roman fleet over the Carthaginians . cxxxi . 1 . | 498 256 | Regulus defeated by
Xan: ...
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... that I have followed Dr . Blair in giving the synchronical dates of Olympiads and
years of Rome , whereas Dr . Lempriere has contented himself with giving merely
the year before Christ , and adds that “ the era from the foundation of Rome ...
... that I have followed Dr . Blair in giving the synchronical dates of Olympiads and
years of Rome , whereas Dr . Lempriere has contented himself with giving merely
the year before Christ , and adds that “ the era from the foundation of Rome ...
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which happened 752 years before Christ , and which , therefore , must have
happened in the second year of Rome , as 753 was the first year . Yet , from 753
take 752 Remains 1 So that it appears to have happened not in the second but
the ...
which happened 752 years before Christ , and which , therefore , must have
happened in the second year of Rome , as 753 was the first year . Yet , from 753
take 752 Remains 1 So that it appears to have happened not in the second but
the ...
Page 93
residence of Romulus and the Roman Kings , of Augustus and the Roman
Emperors . ; whence Palatium has ever since ... was the Campus Martius , the
principal situation of modern Rome ; and opposite Mons Palatinus , across the
Tiber , on ...
residence of Romulus and the Roman Kings , of Augustus and the Roman
Emperors . ; whence Palatium has ever since ... was the Campus Martius , the
principal situation of modern Rome ; and opposite Mons Palatinus , across the
Tiber , on ...
Page 99
Horace has described the road from Rome to this place in the fifth satire of his
first book . Below it is Rudiæ , the birth - place of Ennius , the friend of Scipio
Africanus * Sic tauriformis volvitur Aufidus , Qui régna Dauni perfluit Appuli , Cum
sævit ...
Horace has described the road from Rome to this place in the fifth satire of his
first book . Below it is Rudiæ , the birth - place of Ennius , the friend of Scipio
Africanus * Sic tauriformis volvitur Aufidus , Qui régna Dauni perfluit Appuli , Cum
sævit ...
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Page 214 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 246 - Caesar et omnis luli progenies magnum caeli ventura sub axem. 790 hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis, Augustus Caesar, divi genus, aurea condet saecula qui rursus Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam, super et Garamantas et Indos proferet imperium ; iacet extra sidera tellus, extra anni solisque vias, ubi caelifer Atlas axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum.
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Page 248 - Temple (so celebrated in antiquity) of Jupiter Hammon, said to have been founded by Bacchus, in gratitude to his father Jupiter, who appeared to him, when perishing with thirst, in the form of a ram, and shewed him a fountain.
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| Title | A sketch of modern and antient geography |
| Author | Samuel Butler (bp. of Lichfield and Coventry.) |
| Edition | 4 |
| Published | 1818 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2006 |
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