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... land ; living victims now , though anciently those sacrifices were solemnised without blood ; for Numa reasoned that ... lands , had he ever set limits to his own ; for boundaries are , indeed , a defence to those who choose to observe ...
... land ; living victims now , though anciently those sacrifices were solemnised without blood ; for Numa reasoned that ... lands , had he ever set limits to his own ; for boundaries are , indeed , a defence to those who choose to observe ...
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... land , they returned back to the interior of Greece , the Athenians having the command of the rear , the place of honour and danger , and much elated by what had been done . As Themistocles sailed along the coasts , he took notice of ...
... land , they returned back to the interior of Greece , the Athenians having the command of the rear , the place of honour and danger , and much elated by what had been done . As Themistocles sailed along the coasts , he took notice of ...
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... land he himself entered with an army the Megarian country , and made havoc of it all . Whence it is clear that the Pelopon- nesians , though they did the Athenians much mischief by land , yet suffering as much themselves from them by ...
... land he himself entered with an army the Megarian country , and made havoc of it all . Whence it is clear that the Pelopon- nesians , though they did the Athenians much mischief by land , yet suffering as much themselves from them by ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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