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Page 285
... consul observed it , and bade one of his lictors command his father to alight , and tell him if he had any business with the consul , he should come on foot . The standers - by seemed offended at the imperiousness of the son towards a ...
... consul observed it , and bade one of his lictors command his father to alight , and tell him if he had any business with the consul , he should come on foot . The standers - by seemed offended at the imperiousness of the son towards a ...
Page 334
... consul granted the request , with much admira- tion for his gallantry . And when the conflict began by the soldiers darting at each other , and Marcius sallied out before the rest , the Volscians opposed to him were not able to make ...
... consul granted the request , with much admira- tion for his gallantry . And when the conflict began by the soldiers darting at each other , and Marcius sallied out before the rest , the Volscians opposed to him were not able to make ...
Page 469
... consul being deceased , the people re- called Marcellus , that they might put him into his place ; and , in spite of the magistrates , succeeded in postponing the election till his arrival , when he was by all the suffrages created consul ...
... consul being deceased , the people re- called Marcellus , that they might put him into his place ; and , in spite of the magistrates , succeeded in postponing the election till his arrival , when he was by all the suffrages created consul ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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