The History of Rome, Volume 4Bell, 1850 - 2278 pages |
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Page 1665
... perform all that he had promised , and sent the tablets sealed with his own seal . By such a pledge as this , he thought that the traitor was completely engaged to him . For , " that he who lived under a king would never act so absurdly ...
... perform all that he had promised , and sent the tablets sealed with his own seal . By such a pledge as this , he thought that the traitor was completely engaged to him . For , " that he who lived under a king would never act so absurdly ...
Page 1670
... performed the usual sacrifices , called a council . Here , Caius Livius , whose opinion was first asked , said , that “ no one could give advice with more sin- cerity than he , who recommended to another what himself would do in the ...
... performed the usual sacrifices , called a council . Here , Caius Livius , whose opinion was first asked , said , that “ no one could give advice with more sin- cerity than he , who recommended to another what himself would do in the ...
Page 1678
... performed , the Rhodians sailed , with thirteen of their own ships , one Coan , and one Cnidian quinquereme , to Rhodes , in order that they might take up a position there , against a fleet which was re- ported to be coming from Syria ...
... performed , the Rhodians sailed , with thirteen of their own ships , one Coan , and one Cnidian quinquereme , to Rhodes , in order that they might take up a position there , against a fleet which was re- ported to be coming from Syria ...
Page 1703
... perform them , if you give twenty hostages such as we shall choose . But it never will be clear to us that the Roman people will enjoy peace where Hannibal shall be . Him , therefore , we demand , above all . Ye shall also deliver up ...
... perform them , if you give twenty hostages such as we shall choose . But it never will be clear to us that the Roman people will enjoy peace where Hannibal shall be . Him , therefore , we demand , above all . Ye shall also deliver up ...
Page 1709
... performed in Asia . Then a supplication for three days was 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 ...
... performed in Asia . Then a supplication for three days was 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 ...
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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.