The Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1864 |
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... frequently are rather alluded to than plainly told ; and consequently , though the reading of such books . may be very instructive to those who have a competent knowledge of antient history , they are of little use iv PREFACE .
... frequently are rather alluded to than plainly told ; and consequently , though the reading of such books . may be very instructive to those who have a competent knowledge of antient history , they are of little use iv PREFACE .
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... told us how princes and leaders of states have acted and will act as long as states and princes exist . As political science is more studied the merits of Machia- velli will be acknowledged , and his errors , if he has any , may be ...
... told us how princes and leaders of states have acted and will act as long as states and princes exist . As political science is more studied the merits of Machia- velli will be acknowledged , and his errors , if he has any , may be ...
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... told the Senate that he was ready to go to Spain with the consuls either as a tribunus or a legatus ; if he looked only to his own interest , he said , the mission to Macedonia was a safer employment . It happened that Scipio had been ...
... told the Senate that he was ready to go to Spain with the consuls either as a tribunus or a legatus ; if he looked only to his own interest , he said , the mission to Macedonia was a safer employment . It happened that Scipio had been ...
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... told that the Carpetani had complained of their neighbours . The Carpetani were an Iberian race , and they may not have been on good terms with the Vaccaei , who were either a Celtic people or a mixture of Celts and Iberians . Indeed ...
... told that the Carpetani had complained of their neighbours . The Carpetani were an Iberian race , and they may not have been on good terms with the Vaccaei , who were either a Celtic people or a mixture of Celts and Iberians . Indeed ...
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... told them to wait there till he should assign their lands . Coming to the first division he requested them as friends to lay down . their arms , and this being done , he surrounded them with his soldiers and massacred all . He then went ...
... told them to wait there till he should assign their lands . Coming to the first division he requested them as friends to lay down . their arms , and this being done , he surrounded them with his soldiers and massacred all . He then went ...
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