A Geographical and Historical Description of Ancient Italy: With a Map and a Plan of Rome, Volume 1Clarendon Press, 1826 - Ethnology |
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... with an epitome of that va- luable work , taken from the improved edition published in 1818 by Antonio Nibby , a name well known to those who have visited Rome . The plan of the city , which will be found PREFACE . vii.
... with an epitome of that va- luable work , taken from the improved edition published in 1818 by Antonio Nibby , a name well known to those who have visited Rome . The plan of the city , which will be found PREFACE . vii.
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... known , however , that in process of time it superseded every other ap- pellation , and finally extended itself over the whole peninsula . This is generally allowed to have taken place in the reign of Augustus , and we may there- fore ...
... known , however , that in process of time it superseded every other ap- pellation , and finally extended itself over the whole peninsula . This is generally allowed to have taken place in the reign of Augustus , and we may there- fore ...
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... known to the Greeks by the name of ' Adpías , ( Herod . I. 163. ) or ' lóvios kóλwos , ( Thuc . I. 24. ) but they seem to have understood by the name of Ionicum mare , that portion of it which lies be- tween the south of Italy , taken ...
... known to the Greeks by the name of ' Adpías , ( Herod . I. 163. ) or ' lóvios kóλwos , ( Thuc . I. 24. ) but they seem to have understood by the name of Ionicum mare , that portion of it which lies be- tween the south of Italy , taken ...
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... known to have been di- vided . But it may perhaps be proper , before I pro- ceed further , to give a short account of those modern authors who have expressly treated of the subject now under consideration , that the truth of the opi ...
... known to have been di- vided . But it may perhaps be proper , before I pro- ceed further , to give a short account of those modern authors who have expressly treated of the subject now under consideration , that the truth of the opi ...
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... known to have existed with them in that country before the siege of Troy . Nearly contemporary with the Umbri were the Si- cani , Siculi , and Ligures , who all came from the west , and along the coast of the Mediterranean in the order ...
... known to have existed with them in that country before the siege of Troy . Nearly contemporary with the Umbri were the Si- cani , Siculi , and Ligures , who all came from the west , and along the coast of the Mediterranean in the order ...
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Page 68 - Primus ego in patriam mecum, modo vita supersit, Aonio rediens deducam vertice Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas et viridi in campo templum de marmore ponam propter aquam, tardis ingens ubi flexibus errat Mincius et tenera praetexit harundine ripas.
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Page 69 - Mantua campum pascentem niveos herboso flumine cycnos: non liquidi gregibus fontes, non gramina deerunt; zoo et quantum longis carpent armenta diebus, exigua tantum gelidus ros nocte reponet. Nigra fere et presso pinguis sub vomere terra, et cui putre solum (namque hoc imitamur arando), optima frumentis : non ullo ex aequore cernes 205 plura domum tardis decedere plaustra iuvencis.
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