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... receiving the waters of the Clanis from the west , and those of the Nar ( Nera ) and Velinus from the east , till its course is abruptly turned to the south - west by the Sabine limestone hills . The entire length of its channel is ...
... receiving the waters of the Clanis from the west , and those of the Nar ( Nera ) and Velinus from the east , till its course is abruptly turned to the south - west by the Sabine limestone hills . The entire length of its channel is ...
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... received their appellations . In the remotest times the name only included Lower Calabria : from these narrow limits it gradually spread upwards , till about the time of the Punic Wars , its northern boundary ascended the little river ...
... received their appellations . In the remotest times the name only included Lower Calabria : from these narrow limits it gradually spread upwards , till about the time of the Punic Wars , its northern boundary ascended the little river ...
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... received in the year f Allusion is made to this in Virgil ( Æn . x . 198-206 ) where the Etruscan chief Ocnus , the son of Manto , is said to have founded Mantua ( " muros ma . trisque dedit tibi , Mantua , nomen " ) , and to have ...
... received in the year f Allusion is made to this in Virgil ( Æn . x . 198-206 ) where the Etruscan chief Ocnus , the son of Manto , is said to have founded Mantua ( " muros ma . trisque dedit tibi , Mantua , nomen " ) , and to have ...
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... received . First came the men of Cænina , Crustumerium , and Antemnæ ; but Romulus defeated them all , and slew Acron , chief of the men of Canina , in single combat , and offered up his arms as a trophy to Jupiter Feretrius . Trophies ...
... received . First came the men of Cænina , Crustumerium , and Antemnæ ; but Romulus defeated them all , and slew Acron , chief of the men of Canina , in single combat , and offered up his arms as a trophy to Jupiter Feretrius . Trophies ...
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... received the name of Cælian . This Cæles is said to have assisted Romulus in his war against the Sabines , and when peace was made , his followers were allowed to become mem- bers of the new community . Thus four of the seven hills were ...
... received the name of Cælian . This Cæles is said to have assisted Romulus in his war against the Sabines , and when peace was made , his followers were allowed to become mem- bers of the new community . Thus four of the seven hills were ...
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A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of ..., Volym 1 Henry George Liddell Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1855 |
A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of ..., Volym 1 Henry George Liddell Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1855 |
A History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the ... Henry George Liddell Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1858 |
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Sida 82 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The Power, the Beauty, and the Majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these have vanished. They live no longer in the faith of reason...
Sida 81 - When winds are blowing strong. The traveller slaked His thirst from rill or gushing fount, and thanked The Naiad. Sunbeams upon distant hills Gliding apace with shadows in their train, Might, with small help from fancy, be transformed Into fleet Oreads sporting visibly.
Sida 21 - MAWE'S (HL) Journal of a Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic, crossing the Andes in the Northern Provinces of Peru, and descending the great River Maranon.
Sida 4 - BUNBURY'S (CJF) Journal of a Residence at the Cape of Good Hope ; with Excursions into the Interior, and Notes on the Natural History and Native Tribes of the Country.
Sida 19 - History of Rome. From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. With the History of Literature and Art.
Sida 24 - PENROSE'S (REV. JOHN) Faith and Practice; an Exposition of the Principles and Duties of Natural and Revealed Religion. Post Svo. 8s. 6d. - (FC) Principles of Athenian Architecture, and the Optical Refinements exhibited in the Construction of the Ancient Buildings at Athens, from a Survey. With 40 Plates. Folio.
Sida 22 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Sida 104 - Thus resolved, they all for some time showed their spirit, and kept their word ; but soon they found, that instead of mortifying the belly by these means, they only undid themselves ; they languished for a while, and perceived, when too late, that it was owing to the belly that they had strength to work, or courage to mutiny.
Sida 263 - Lucanians and other barbarians in the south, renewing war with Rome, and finally crushed by her energy. These last struggles are attributed to the intrigues of Tarentum, and when they availed not, she at length threw herself into the gap, and called in Pyrrhus, the greatest general of the age, to fight the battles of the Greeks against Rome. § 10. The first link in the chain of events which led to the war with Tarentum was (curiously enough) the aid lent by Rome to a neighbouring Greek city. This...
Sida 17 - ... the physical divisions noticed in the foregoing chapter. § 4. But under Roman rule even this narrower Italy wanted that unity of race and language which, in spite of political severance, we are accustomed to attribute to the name. Within the boundaries just indicated there were at least six distinct races, some no doubt more widely separated, but all marked by strong national characteristics. These were the Pelasgians, the Oscans, the Sabellians, the Umbrians, the Etrurians, and the Greeks....