Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 150
... received it with shouts and expressions of joy ; whilst the Tuscans , through fear and amazement , deserted their tents , and were for the most part dispersed . The Romans , falling upon the remainder , amounting to nearly five thousand ...
... received it with shouts and expressions of joy ; whilst the Tuscans , through fear and amazement , deserted their tents , and were for the most part dispersed . The Romans , falling upon the remainder , amounting to nearly five thousand ...
Page 423
... received from the Romans , they should endeavour to maintain it by their obedience to the laws , and concord amongst themselves , he departed for Epirus , having orders from the senate to give the soldiers that followed him in the war ...
... received from the Romans , they should endeavour to maintain it by their obedience to the laws , and concord amongst themselves , he departed for Epirus , having orders from the senate to give the soldiers that followed him in the war ...
Page 456
... received gifts from the king , but made a motion , that instead of nine archons , they should yearly choose nine poor citizens to be sent ambassadors to the king , and enriched by his presents , and the people only laughed at the joke ...
... received gifts from the king , but made a motion , that instead of nine archons , they should yearly choose nine poor citizens to be sent ambassadors to the king , and enriched by his presents , and the people only laughed at the joke ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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