The History of Rome, Volume 4

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Bell, 1885 - 2278 pages

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Page 2079 - That commanders should be counselled, chiefly, by persons of known talent ; by those who have made the art of war their particular study, and whose knowledge is derived from experience ; from those who are present at the scene of action, who see the country, who see the enemy...
Page 1806 - How often in the ages of our fathers was it given in charge to the magistrates, to prohibit the performance of any foreign religious rites ; to banish strolling sacrificers and soothsayers from the forum, the circus, and the city ; to search for, and burn, books of divination ; and to abolish every mode of sacrificing that was not conformable to the Roman practice...
Page 1692 - Romans increased, as succours were easily sent from the neighbouring camp, the king's troops, becoming weary and unable to withstand superior numbers, endeavoured to retreat ; but, before they could reach the river, very many were killed on the bank, by the enemy pressing on their rear. For two days after there was quiet, neither party passing the river. On the third, the Romans passed it with their whole force, and encamped at the distance of about two miles and a half from the enemy. While they...
Page 1803 - Rome, but also throughout all the market towns and places of assembly, and be delivered over to the power of the consuls; and also that proclamation should be made in the city of Rome, and published through all Italy, that "no persons initiated in the Bacchanalian rites should presume to come together or assemble on account of those rites, or to perform any such kind of worship...
Page 2078 - In every circle, and, truly, at every table, there are people who lead armies into Macedonia; who know where the camp ought to be placed; what posts ought to be occupied by troops; when and through what pass that territory should be entered; where magazines should be formed; how provisions should be conveyed by land and sea; and when it is proper to engage the enemy, when to lie quiet.
Page 1988 - I am of the Crustuminian tribe and of a family originally Sabine. My father left me one acre of land and a small cottage, in which I was born and educated and where I now 'dwell. As soon as I came to man's estate, my father married me to his brother's daughter, who brought nothing with her but independence and modesty; except, indeed, a degree of fruitfulness that would have better suited a wealthier family. We have six sons and two daughters; the latter are both married; of our sons four are grown...
Page 1807 - During the night, which succeeded the day in which the affair was made public, great numbers, attempting to fly, were seized, and brought back by the triumvirs, who had posted guards at all the gates ; and informations were lodged against many, some of whom, both men and women, put themselves to death. Above seven thousand men and women are said to have taken the oath of the association.
Page 1799 - ... she then imprecated curses, vengeance, and destruction, on the head of those who advised him to such a step. The young man, surprised both at her expressions and at the violence of her alarm, bid her refrain from curses, for " it was his mother who ordered him to do so, with the approbation of his stepfather."
Page 1802 - Their number was exceedingly great now, almost a second state in themselves, and among them were many men and women of noble families. During the last two years it had been a rule, that no person above the age of twenty should be initiated ; for they sought for people of such age as made them more liable to suffer deception and personal abuse.
Page 1803 - Postumius represented the affair to the senate, laying before them the whole circumstance, in due order ; the information given to him at first, and the discoveries gained by his inquiries afterwards. Great consternation seized on the senators ; not only on the public account, lest such conspiracies and nightly meetings might be productive of secret treachery and mischief, but, likewise, on account of their own particular families, lest some of their relations might be involved in this infamous affair....

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