An Inquiry Into the Credibility of the Early Roman History, Volume 2J. W. Parker and son, 1855 - Rome |
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... historians · 4 Commencement of contemporary history in Greece . Time and character of the early historians · • 488 489 . 494 ib . • 501 503 508 8 History of Sparta from 560 B.c. to the Persian war 513 5 Period of Greek history from the ...
... historians · 4 Commencement of contemporary history in Greece . Time and character of the early historians · • 488 489 . 494 ib . • 501 503 508 8 History of Sparta from 560 B.c. to the Persian war 513 5 Period of Greek history from the ...
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... sentenced by the people and executed . The mode of Polybius , writing at an earlier time than the historians 14 [ CHAP . XII . ROME , FROM THE EXPULSION OF THE B C Appearance of a fleet of Greek pirates off the coast.
... sentenced by the people and executed . The mode of Polybius , writing at an earlier time than the historians 14 [ CHAP . XII . ROME , FROM THE EXPULSION OF THE B C Appearance of a fleet of Greek pirates off the coast.
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... historians of the Augustan age could not clearly explain . ( 131 ) Another marvellous story associated with this war , is the prodigy of the clay chariot swelling in the fire at Veii ; which is mani- festly a legend of the Capitoline ...
... historians of the Augustan age could not clearly explain . ( 131 ) Another marvellous story associated with this war , is the prodigy of the clay chariot swelling in the fire at Veii ; which is mani- festly a legend of the Capitoline ...
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... historian conceives as a purely complimentary donation . ( 186 ) Pliny moreover speaks of having read the treaty granted ... historians , should be derived exclusively from a single casual allusion in the Natural History of Pliny . What ...
... historian conceives as a purely complimentary donation . ( 186 ) Pliny moreover speaks of having read the treaty granted ... historians , should be derived exclusively from a single casual allusion in the Natural History of Pliny . What ...
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... historians , is uniformly de- scribed by them as terminating in a manner advantageous and honourable to Rome . There is every reason for believing that this account was derived from Fabius Pictor and the other early historians : out of ...
... historians , is uniformly de- scribed by them as terminating in a manner advantageous and honourable to Rome . There is every reason for believing that this account was derived from Fabius Pictor and the other early historians : out of ...
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