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Page 155
... Rome would not discharge the cost of the gilding of this temple in our days , it amounting to above twelve thousand talents ; the pillars were cut out of Pentelican marble , of a length most happily proportioned to their thick- ness ...
... Rome would not discharge the cost of the gilding of this temple in our days , it amounting to above twelve thousand talents ; the pillars were cut out of Pentelican marble , of a length most happily proportioned to their thick- ness ...
Page 276
... Rome employed generals like Fabius , there never would be an end of the war ; vaunting that whenever he should get sight of the enemy , he would that same day free Italy from the strangers . With these promises he so prevailed , that he ...
... Rome employed generals like Fabius , there never would be an end of the war ; vaunting that whenever he should get sight of the enemy , he would that same day free Italy from the strangers . With these promises he so prevailed , that he ...
Page 462
... Rome . The Insubrians , a people inhabiting the subalpine region of Italy , strong in their own forces , raised from among the other Gauls aids of mercenary soldiers , called Gæsatæ . And it was a sort of miracle , and special good ...
... Rome . The Insubrians , a people inhabiting the subalpine region of Italy , strong in their own forces , raised from among the other Gauls aids of mercenary soldiers , called Gæsatæ . And it was a sort of miracle , and special good ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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