Ancient Rome: From the Earliest Times Down to 476 A.D.

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Allyn & Bacon, 1890 - 284 páginas
 

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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 146 - Milo was a candidate for the consulship, and Clodius for the praetorship.
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 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 117 - Capua to rise against their tyrants. Joined by vast numbers of slaves and outlaws, he soon found himself at the head of 100,000 men. Four generals sent against him were defeated signally, and during two entire years he ravaged Italy at his will, and even threatened Rome itself. But intestine division showed itself in his ranks ; his lieutenants grew jealous of him ; and in BC 71, the war was committed to the praetor Crassus, who in six months brought it to a termination. Spartacus fell, fighting...
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 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...

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