An Inquiry Into the Credibility of the Early Roman History, Volume 2J. W. Parker and son, 1855 - Rome |
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... Veii expires . The Ro- mans demand reparation . ib . 67 406 B.C. Declaration of war against Veii . Introduction of pay of the soldiers 68 Agrarian laws of this period 69 Miscellaneous occurrences PART V. - FROM THE SIEGE OF VEII TO THE ...
... Veii expires . The Ro- mans demand reparation . ib . 67 406 B.C. Declaration of war against Veii . Introduction of pay of the soldiers 68 Agrarian laws of this period 69 Miscellaneous occurrences PART V. - FROM THE SIEGE OF VEII TO THE ...
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... 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 banish- ment of Camillus · • 309 79 Camillus at Ardea . The Gauls in Northern Italy : they be- siege ...
... 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 banish- ment of Camillus · • 309 79 Camillus at Ardea . The Gauls in Northern Italy : they be- siege ...
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Sir George Cornewall Lewis. But although , when we descend to the siege of Veii and the burning of the city , we come to events of which the substance is clearly historical , we can perceive but little difference in cha- racter between ...
Sir George Cornewall Lewis. But although , when we descend to the siege of Veii and the burning of the city , we come to events of which the substance is clearly historical , we can perceive but little difference in cha- racter between ...
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... Veii to make a chariot of clay , to be placed on the summit of the Capitoline temple of Jupiter . When this fabric was baked , instead of shrinking , as is ordinarily the case with works of clay , it swelled so as to be with difficulty ...
... Veii to make a chariot of clay , to be placed on the summit of the Capitoline temple of Jupiter . When this fabric was baked , instead of shrinking , as is ordinarily the case with works of clay , it swelled so as to be with difficulty ...
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... Veii ; which is mani- festly a legend of the Capitoline temple . ( 132 ) According to the received accounts of this war , Porsena undertakes it in order to restore Tarquin to the throne from which the Romans had expelled him ; ( 133 ) ...
... Veii ; which is mani- festly a legend of the Capitoline temple . ( 132 ) According to the received accounts of this war , Porsena undertakes it in order to restore Tarquin to the throne from which the Romans had expelled him ; ( 133 ) ...
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