The Roman History of Appian of Alexandria: The civil warsG. Bell, 1899 |
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... Once when the plebeians were going to a war they fell into such a controversy , but they did not use the weapons in their hands , but withdrew to the hill , which from this time on was called the Sacred Mount . Even then no violence was ...
... Once when the plebeians were going to a war they fell into such a controversy , but they did not use the weapons in their hands , but withdrew to the hill , which from this time on was called the Sacred Mount . Even then no violence was ...
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... once elevated to the rank of a deity while still living , and was the first to be thus distinguished by the Romans , and was called by them Augustus . He assumed to himself an authority like Cæsar's over the country and the subject ...
... once elevated to the rank of a deity while still living , and was the first to be thus distinguished by the Romans , and was called by them Augustus . He assumed to himself an authority like Cæsar's over the country and the subject ...
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... once 387 passed with difficulty at the instance of the tribunes , that 367 nobody should hold more than 500 jugera of this land , 1 or pasture on it more than 100 cattle or 500 sheep . To en- sure the observance of this law it was ...
... once 387 passed with difficulty at the instance of the tribunes , that 367 nobody should hold more than 500 jugera of this land , 1 or pasture on it more than 100 cattle or 500 sheep . To en- sure the observance of this law it was ...
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... once . On the other side were heard the lamentations of the poor- that they had been reduced from competence to extreme penury , and from that to childlessness , because they were unable to rear their offspring . They recounted the ...
... once . On the other side were heard the lamentations of the poor- that they had been reduced from competence to extreme penury , and from that to childlessness , because they were unable to rear their offspring . They recounted the ...
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... once to a review of their hopes and fears for the country , saying that the Romans had acquired most of their territory by conquest , and that they had hopes of occupying the rest of the habitable world , but now the question of ...
... once to a review of their hopes and fears for the country , saying that the Romans had acquired most of their territory by conquest , and that they had hopes of occupying the rest of the habitable world , but now the question of ...
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