The Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1864 |
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... lived a beholder of their proceedings and familiar with the men and business of the time , so much almost may he profit now by attentive reading of the same here written . He may from the narrations draw out lessons to himself , and of ...
... lived a beholder of their proceedings and familiar with the men and business of the time , so much almost may he profit now by attentive reading of the same here written . He may from the narrations draw out lessons to himself , and of ...
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... lived more than a few days after Galba's acquittal . In his old age he studied Greek with great eagerness , and perhaps the literature of the Greeks softened a little his rigid temper . One of Cicero's latest and one of his best pieces ...
... lived more than a few days after Galba's acquittal . In his old age he studied Greek with great eagerness , and perhaps the literature of the Greeks softened a little his rigid temper . One of Cicero's latest and one of his best pieces ...
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... lived on his own estate and his own earnings without drawing a pension or any pecuniary reward from his country which he had served so long and So well . In this year B.c. 149 the tribune L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi , who was one of the ...
... lived on his own estate and his own earnings without drawing a pension or any pecuniary reward from his country which he had served so long and So well . In this year B.c. 149 the tribune L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi , who was one of the ...
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... , and though he calls him King of the Tartessians , he says that he lived at Gades . The name Tartessus occurs often in the antient writers , and we suppose that the place was somewhere 30 DECLINE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC .
... , and though he calls him King of the Tartessians , he says that he lived at Gades . The name Tartessus occurs often in the antient writers , and we suppose that the place was somewhere 30 DECLINE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC .
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... lived and died a poor man . The state gave his daughter a marriage portion out of the public treasury . An instance of his generosity is commemorated by Poly- bius . There were many valuable statues of Philopoemen . which the Achaean ...
... lived and died a poor man . The state gave his daughter a marriage portion out of the public treasury . An instance of his generosity is commemorated by Poly- bius . There were many valuable statues of Philopoemen . which the Achaean ...
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