The History of Rome, Volume 4Bell, 1850 - 2278 pages |
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Page 1675
... decree , or the people order ? It remains therefore that you must stay in Asia , that your troops being led back again into winter quarters , the war being given over , must exhaust the allies in furnishing provisions ; and then , if it ...
... decree , or the people order ? It remains therefore that you must stay in Asia , that your troops being led back again into winter quarters , the war being given over , must exhaust the allies in furnishing provisions ; and then , if it ...
Page 1704
... decreed , that " Caius Lælius , the consul , if he thought proper , should enrol six thousand families , to be distributed among these colonies , and that Lucius Aurunculeius , the prætor , should appoint commissioners to conduct the ...
... decreed , that " Caius Lælius , the consul , if he thought proper , should enrol six thousand families , to be distributed among these colonies , and that Lucius Aurunculeius , the prætor , should appoint commissioners to conduct the ...
Page 1705
... decree of the senate , passed in his absence , as a supplement to Cremona and Placentia , but proposed , -and , on ... decreed , on account of the naval victory , and another , for the second day , in order that , as the Roman army had ...
... decree of the senate , passed in his absence , as a supplement to Cremona and Placentia , but proposed , -and , on ... decreed , on account of the naval victory , and another , for the second day , in order that , as the Roman army had ...
Page 1706
... decree of the senate was passed , on the motion of Manius Acilius , who had defeated Antiochus and the Etolians , that " the Ætolian ambassadors should be ordered to leave the city that day , and to quit Italy within fifteen days ...
... decree of the senate was passed , on the motion of Manius Acilius , who had defeated Antiochus and the Etolians , that " the Ætolian ambassadors should be ordered to leave the city that day , and to quit Italy within fifteen days ...
Page 1709
... decreed , and forty victims of the greater kinds ordered to be sacrificed . Then audience was given first to Eumenes . He , when he had briefly returned thanks to the senate , “ be- cause they had relieved him and his brother from a ...
... decreed , and forty victims of the greater kinds ordered to be sacrificed . Then audience was given first to Eumenes . He , when he had briefly returned thanks to the senate , “ be- cause they had relieved him and his brother from a ...
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Page 2081 - 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 1808 - 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...
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Page 1694 - While they were employed in measuring and fortifying the camp, a body of the king's troops, consisting of three thousand chosen horse and foot, approached with great rapidity and violence. The party on guard, though much inferior in number, (being only two thousand,) without *. B, 862.] THE HISTORY OP ROME.
Page 2080 - 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 1809 - 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.