An Inquiry Into the Credibility of the Early Roman History, Volume 2J. W. Parker and Son, 1855 - Historiography |
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... detail by Dionysius in the 7th book , and is represented as the means by which he made himself despot . Eutropius , i . 11 , seems to consider Tusculum as the last asylum of Tarquin : Tertio anno post reges exactos Tarquinius , cum ...
... detail by Dionysius in the 7th book , and is represented as the means by which he made himself despot . Eutropius , i . 11 , seems to consider Tusculum as the last asylum of Tarquin : Tertio anno post reges exactos Tarquinius , cum ...
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... detailed account is like- ( 77 ) Plut . ib . Cic . de Leg . ii . 23. See above , vol . i . p . 186 . ( 78 ) This must refer to the treaty made in the time of Tarquin : Dion . Hal . iv . 48-9 ; Livy , i . 52 . ( 79 ) This is described in ...
... detailed account is like- ( 77 ) Plut . ib . Cic . de Leg . ii . 23. See above , vol . i . p . 186 . ( 78 ) This must refer to the treaty made in the time of Tarquin : Dion . Hal . iv . 48-9 ; Livy , i . 52 . ( 79 ) This is described in ...
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... detailed account of the creation of the dictatorship , and of the appointment of the first dictator , is given by Dionysius , as if it was as well ascertained as the history of the creation of the presidency of the India Board , and the ...
... detailed account of the creation of the dictatorship , and of the appointment of the first dictator , is given by Dionysius , as if it was as well ascertained as the history of the creation of the presidency of the India Board , and the ...
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... detailed account of the creation of the office of dictator , and the appointment to it of T. Larcius , appears to belong to a class of fictions , of which we meet with many ex- amples in the early Roman history , and which we may call ...
... detailed account of the creation of the office of dictator , and the appointment to it of T. Larcius , appears to belong to a class of fictions , of which we meet with many ex- amples in the early Roman history , and which we may call ...
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... detail by both our historians . The account of this year may serve to exemplify the period upon which we are now entering . The events have nothing marvellous : they are not wanting in probability or internal coherence . The narratives ...
... detail by both our historians . The account of this year may serve to exemplify the period upon which we are now entering . The events have nothing marvellous : they are not wanting in probability or internal coherence . The narratives ...
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