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Page viii
... asking the appointment of his friend Appian as procurator as a mark of distinction in his old age , not that he ( Appian ) desires it to gratify his ambition , or for the sake of the pay . Age and bereavement are mentioned among the ...
... asking the appointment of his friend Appian as procurator as a mark of distinction in his old age , not that he ( Appian ) desires it to gratify his ambition , or for the sake of the pay . Age and bereavement are mentioned among the ...
Page xlv
... asked for another volume inscribed " Appian con- cerning Italian history . " This one may have been the Lau- rentian codex lxx . 5 , this also belonging to the family Reg . and containing all that they contain , to which , in fact , the ...
... asked for another volume inscribed " Appian con- cerning Italian history . " This one may have been the Lau- rentian codex lxx . 5 , this also belonging to the family Reg . and containing all that they contain , to which , in fact , the ...
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... asked ] for the nine . X. FROM SUIDAS Horatius [ Cocles ] was a cripple . He failed of reaching the consulship , either in war or in peace , on account of his lameness . XI . FROM THE SAME The Consuls tendered the oaths [ by which they ...
... asked ] for the nine . X. FROM SUIDAS Horatius [ Cocles ] was a cripple . He failed of reaching the consulship , either in war or in peace , on account of his lameness . XI . FROM THE SAME The Consuls tendered the oaths [ by which they ...
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... asked to see him privately as though he had something of importance to say about the trial . Being ad- mitted , and just as he was beginning to speak , he fastened the door and threatened the tribune with instant death if he did not ...
... asked to see him privately as though he had something of importance to say about the trial . Being ad- mitted , and just as he was beginning to speak , he fastened the door and threatened the tribune with instant death if he did not ...
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... asked them if they had any fetial ' priest with them . There was none present because the army had marched to under- take an irreconcilable , implacable war . Accordingly he commanded the envoys to make this announcement to the consuls ...
... asked them if they had any fetial ' priest with them . There was none present because the army had marched to under- take an irreconcilable , implacable war . Accordingly he commanded the envoys to make this announcement to the consuls ...
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