An Inquiry Into the Credibility of the Early Roman History, Volume 2J. W. Parker and son, 1855 - Rome |
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... military events in Dionysius and Livy 23 9 501 B.C. Creation of the dictatorship , and appointment of a dictator . 24 ΤΟ 497 B.C. Decree respecting mixed marriages of Romans and Latins II 496 B.C. Battle of the Lake Regillus 3223 28 29 ...
... military events in Dionysius and Livy 23 9 501 B.C. Creation of the dictatorship , and appointment of a dictator . 24 ΤΟ 497 B.C. Decree respecting mixed marriages of Romans and Latins II 496 B.C. Battle of the Lake Regillus 3223 28 29 ...
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... Military executions of Appius Claudius : his impeachment , and death . . 34 468-7 B.C. cians . 35 466-3 B.C. Alleged assassinations of plebeians by the patri- Capture of Antium , and division of its territory Character of the historical ...
... Military executions of Appius Claudius : his impeachment , and death . . 34 468-7 B.C. cians . 35 466-3 B.C. Alleged assassinations of plebeians by the patri- Capture of Antium , and division of its territory Character of the historical ...
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... military power of Rome under the kings , and during the war with Porsena : C. Mucius , adolescens nobilis , cui indig- num videbatur populum Romanum servientem , quum sub regibus esset , nullo bello nec ab hostibus ullis obsessum esse ...
... military power of Rome under the kings , and during the war with Porsena : C. Mucius , adolescens nobilis , cui indig- num videbatur populum Romanum servientem , quum sub regibus esset , nullo bello nec ab hostibus ullis obsessum esse ...
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... military exercises . Tarquin , notwith- standing the sanctity of this ground , had taken it into cultiva- tion : the people were allowed to plunder it , but as the produce of the land was unholy , the corn and straw were thrown into is ...
... military exercises . Tarquin , notwith- standing the sanctity of this ground , had taken it into cultiva- tion : the people were allowed to plunder it , but as the produce of the land was unholy , the corn and straw were thrown into is ...
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... military origins . Frontinus , Strateg . ii . 8 , § 1 , probably with equal truth , attributes the origin of the custom of throwing a standard into the enemy's ranks , in order to be recovered , to Servius Tullius , in a battle with the ...
... military origins . Frontinus , Strateg . ii . 8 , § 1 , probably with equal truth , attributes the origin of the custom of throwing a standard into the enemy's ranks , in order to be recovered , to Servius Tullius , in a battle with the ...
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