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... king than Amulius . You hear and judge before you punish , but he gives men up to be punished without a trial . Formerly we ( for we are twins ) understood that wo were the sons of Faustulus and Laurentia , the king's servants ; but now ...
... king than Amulius . You hear and judge before you punish , but he gives men up to be punished without a trial . Formerly we ( for we are twins ) understood that wo were the sons of Faustulus and Laurentia , the king's servants ; but now ...
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... king's gate , and while they were treating him con- temptuously , and confusing him by questions , they espied the cradle under his cloak . Now it chance that one of them had been one of those who had taken the children to cast them ...
... king's gate , and while they were treating him con- temptuously , and confusing him by questions , they espied the cradle under his cloak . Now it chance that one of them had been one of those who had taken the children to cast them ...
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... king of the Gauls . Now Cossus and Marcellus drove into the city in chariots Dionysius is in error when he says that ... kings who introduced this pomp into his triumphs . Others say that the statues of Romulus bearing the trophy , which ...
... king of the Gauls . Now Cossus and Marcellus drove into the city in chariots Dionysius is in error when he says that ... kings who introduced this pomp into his triumphs . Others say that the statues of Romulus bearing the trophy , which ...
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... king . Ilis verses run as follows : " And near Tarpeia , by the Capitol That dwelt , betrayer of the walls of Rome . She loved the chieftain of the Gauls too well , To guard from treachery her father's home . " And a little afterwards ...
... king . Ilis verses run as follows : " And near Tarpeia , by the Capitol That dwelt , betrayer of the walls of Rome . She loved the chieftain of the Gauls too well , To guard from treachery her father's home . " And a little afterwards ...
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... king after the reign of Numa . been the husband of Hersilia and the grandfather of Suppose ; and especial mention is made of one , which proved the last , in which Romulus was struck on the head by a Palatine hill , abandoning the level ...
... king after the reign of Numa . been the husband of Hersilia and the grandfather of Suppose ; and especial mention is made of one , which proved the last , in which Romulus was struck on the head by a Palatine hill , abandoning the level ...
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