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Page 551
... Samnites , sending them under the yoke , and recover- the hostages . Two tribes added . Appius Claudius , censor , con- ructs the Claudian aqueduct , and the Appian road ; admits the sons of edom into the senate . Successes against the ...
... Samnites , sending them under the yoke , and recover- the hostages . Two tribes added . Appius Claudius , censor , con- ructs the Claudian aqueduct , and the Appian road ; admits the sons of edom into the senate . Successes against the ...
Page 553
... Samnites at the Caudine forks ; enter into a treaty , give six hundred hostages , and are sent under the yoke . The treaty declared invalid ; the two generals and the other sureties sent back to the Samnites , but are not accepted . Not ...
... Samnites at the Caudine forks ; enter into a treaty , give six hundred hostages , and are sent under the yoke . The treaty declared invalid ; the two generals and the other sureties sent back to the Samnites , but are not accepted . Not ...
Page 554
... Samnites , war is just to those for whom it is necessary , and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms . Wherefore , as in every human undertaking , it is of the utmost importance what matter men may set ...
... Samnites , war is just to those for whom it is necessary , and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms . Wherefore , as in every human undertaking , it is of the utmost importance what matter men may set ...
Page 555
... Samnites were then in Apulia , that they were besieging Luceria with their whole force , and very near taking it by storm . Such a rumour had been in- dustriously spread before , and had already reached the Ro- mans ; but these ...
... Samnites were then in Apulia , that they were besieging Luceria with their whole force , and very near taking it by storm . Such a rumour had been in- dustriously spread before , and had already reached the Ro- mans ; but these ...
Page 559
... Samnites at the Caudine forks ; enter into a treaty , give six hundred hostages , and are sent under the yoke . The treaty declared invalid ; the two generals and the other sureties sent back to the Samnites , but are not accepted . Not ...
... Samnites at the Caudine forks ; enter into a treaty , give six hundred hostages , and are sent under the yoke . The treaty declared invalid ; the two generals and the other sureties sent back to the Samnites , but are not accepted . Not ...
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