The Fasti, Tristia, Pontic Epistles, Ibis, and HalieuticonBell & Daldy, 1872 - 503 pages |
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Page viii
... Augustus on the sons of persons of Equestrian rank , as a prelude to their entering the Senate ; and he soon after took office as one of the " Vigintiviri , " or city magistrates . He afterwards acted as one of the " Centumviri , " a ...
... Augustus on the sons of persons of Equestrian rank , as a prelude to their entering the Senate ; and he soon after took office as one of the " Vigintiviri , " or city magistrates . He afterwards acted as one of the " Centumviri , " a ...
Page ix
... Augustus . Perhaps , as Julia , the Emperor's grand - daughter , was about that period banished for her extreme profligacy , he had , prematurely and by accident , become acquainted with her guilt , and had failed to keep silence on the ...
... Augustus . Perhaps , as Julia , the Emperor's grand - daughter , was about that period banished for her extreme profligacy , he had , prematurely and by accident , become acquainted with her guilt , and had failed to keep silence on the ...
Page x
... have been the productions of his youth- ful years . Among his lost works we have to include his Getic composition in praise of Augustus , his tragedy of Medea , his Elegy on the Death of Messala Corvinus , his Epigrams X INTRODUCTION .
... have been the productions of his youth- ful years . Among his lost works we have to include his Getic composition in praise of Augustus , his tragedy of Medea , his Elegy on the Death of Messala Corvinus , his Epigrams X INTRODUCTION .
Page xi
... Augustus and Tiberius would certainly reflect much dis- credit on him , if it could be shown to be the spontaneous effusion of his breast ; but , in justice to him , we ought to remember that adulation was the universal fashion of the ...
... Augustus and Tiberius would certainly reflect much dis- credit on him , if it could be shown to be the spontaneous effusion of his breast ; but , in justice to him , we ought to remember that adulation was the universal fashion of the ...
Page xiii
... Augustus , in honour of the first two emperors . The Pontifices , soon after , mistook the proper method of intercalation , by making it every third year ; but Augustus finally corrected the results of this error by omitting the ...
... Augustus , in honour of the first two emperors . The Pontifices , soon after , mistook the proper method of intercalation , by making it every third year ; but Augustus finally corrected the results of this error by omitting the ...
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