Ancient Rome, from the Earliest Times Down to 476 A. D.Allyn & Bacon, 1890 - 284 páginas |
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Ancient Rome: From the Earliest Times Down to 476 A. D. Robert Franklin Pennell Visualização parcial - 1894 |
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Aedile Africa Africánus afterwards Ager allies Antony appointed army Asia attack Augustus barbarians battle became Caesar called campaign Campania captured Capua Carthage Carthaginians Cassius Cato cavalry Censor CHAPTER Cicero Cimbri Claudius Clodius coast colonies Comitia Centuriáta Comitia Tribúta command Consul consulship Crassus Curule death defeated Dictator East elected Emperor Empire enemy Etruscans Fabius famous fleet followed Forum Gaius Gaul governor Gracchus Greece Greek Hannibal Hasdrubal Italy Jugurtha killed king land later Latin legions Lucius Macedonia magistrates marched Marcus Marius Mark Antony Masinissa Metellus military Mithradátes murdered Nero Octavius party patricians peace Pharsalia plebeians Pompey Pompey's Praetor province Pyrrhus Quaestor reign river Roman citizens Rome Samnites Scipio Second Punic Second Punic War Senate sent Sicily siege slaves Social War soldiers Spain Stilicho struggle Sulla Tarentum temple territory Tiber Tiberius Titus towns Trajan tribes Tribune triumph Triumvirate troops victory vote
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Página 211 - Gothic historian, bore the stamp of his national origin; and the portrait of Attila exhibits the genuine deformity of a modern Calmuk; a large head, a swarthy complexion, small, deep-seated eyes, a flat nose, a few hairs in the place of a beard, broad shoulders, and a short square body, of nervous strength, though of a disproportioned form.
Página 232 - The clear open space in the center of the amphitheatre [a place in ancient Rome for the exhibition of public shows of combatants, wild beasts, and naval engagements] was called the arena, because it was covered with sand, or sawdust, to prevent the gladiators [men who fought with swords in the amphitheatre and other places, for the amusement of the Roman people] from slipping, and to absorb the blood. Argent comptant. Fr. — "Ready money.
Página 251 - ... the Roman games, which continue even to our time. He also conquered the Sabines, and added a considerable extent of territory, which he took from that people, to the lands of Rome; he was also the first that entered the city in triumph. He built the walls and sewers, and commenced the Capitol. He was killed in the thirty-eighth year of his reign, by the sons of Ancus, the king whom he had succeeded.
Página 163 - The triumph was followed, as usual, by games and festivals, which kept the populace in a fever of delight and admiration.
Página 234 - The temples were all thrown open, garlands of flowers decorated every shrine and image, and incense smoked on every altar. Meanwhile the imperator called an assembly of his soldiers, delivered an oration commending their valour, and concluded by distributing rewards...
Página 172 - Thus it happened that he was used and then pushed aside, attracted and repelled, deceived by the weakness of his friends and the strength of his adversaries ; and at last threatened by both extreme parties, between which he tried to steer his way.
Página 179 - In his fortunes and his friends Virgil was a happy man. Munificent patronage gave him ample means of enjoyment and of leisure ; and he had the friendship of all the most accomplished men of the day, among whom Horace entertained a strong affection for him. He was an amiable, good-tempered man, free from the mean passions of envy and jealousy ; and in all but health he was prosperous.
Página 104 - ... support a system which had brought the country so near to ruin. He had no belief in the visions of the demagogues, but the time was not ripe to make an end of it all. Had he tried, the army would not have gone with him, so he sat still till faction had done its work. The popular heroes of the hour were the tribune Saturninus and the praetor Glaucia. They carried corn laws and land laws — whatever laws they pleased to propose. The administration remaining with the Senate, they carried a vote...
Página 112 - Cinna, raised to the consulate by the popular party, endeavored to restore the exiled Marius and to re-enact the laws of Sulpicius. But the aristocrats took arms. Cinna, forced to fly, threw himself, like Sulla, upon the legionaries, and having obtained their support, and also that of the Italians...
Página 235 - The imperator himself in a circular chariot of a peculiar form, drawn by four horses, which were sometimes, though rarely, white.