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... became com- mon , and chronology acquired precision , about the same time , and not long before the Persian Invasion . A fixed epoch is also essential to chronological exact- ness ; but no attempt was made to establish this till about ...
... became com- mon , and chronology acquired precision , about the same time , and not long before the Persian Invasion . A fixed epoch is also essential to chronological exact- ness ; but no attempt was made to establish this till about ...
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... became the capital of the empire . Ninus and his queen Semiramis , who were perhaps contemporary with Abraham , are said to have raised the first Assyrian kingdom to a high degree of splendour ; but from the death of Ninias , the son of ...
... became the capital of the empire . Ninus and his queen Semiramis , who were perhaps contemporary with Abraham , are said to have raised the first Assyrian kingdom to a high degree of splendour ; but from the death of Ninias , the son of ...
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... became the sole metropolis of the first great empire of the world . Such it continued during a space of seventy - three years ; until , having accomplished the end for which it was * raised up , and suffered to continue , that 14 SECOND ...
... became the sole metropolis of the first great empire of the world . Such it continued during a space of seventy - three years ; until , having accomplished the end for which it was * raised up , and suffered to continue , that 14 SECOND ...
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... became the sole sovereign . It was finally bequeathed to the Romans by Nicomedes , as a testimonial of his gratitude to them for the assistance they had given him in his wars with Mithridates , and became a Roman province , 74 B.C. ...
... became the sole sovereign . It was finally bequeathed to the Romans by Nicomedes , as a testimonial of his gratitude to them for the assistance they had given him in his wars with Mithridates , and became a Roman province , 74 B.C. ...
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... became a Roman province , 62 B.C. CAPPADOCIA . * UNDER the Persians , Cappadocia existed as two pro- vinces , which were at length united into one kingdom , probably about 360 B.C. , and was governed by a long succession of kings named ...
... became a Roman province , 62 B.C. CAPPADOCIA . * UNDER the Persians , Cappadocia existed as two pro- vinces , which were at length united into one kingdom , probably about 360 B.C. , and was governed by a long succession of kings named ...
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Página 250 - First went musicians of various kinds, singing and playing triumphal songs; next were led the oxen to be sacrificed, having their horns gilt, and their heads adorned with fillets and garlands; then in carriages were brought the spoils...
Página 47 - Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury ; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Página 251 - Then came the general {dux) dressed in purple embroidered with gold, with a crown of laurel on his head, a branch of laurel in his right hand, and in his left an ivory sceptre, with an eagle on the top, having...
Página 241 - He was named by the consul in the night, vivâ voce, and his election was confirmed by the auguries, though sometimes he was nominated or recommended by the people. As his power was absolute, he could proclaim war, levy forces, conduct them against an enemy, and disband them at pleasure. He punished as he pleased ; and from his decision there was no appeal, at least till later times. He was preceded by...
Página 154 - The application of this parable is to Jesus Christ, who foretells that, on his ascension, he would go into a distant country, to receive the kingdom from...
Página 251 - His legati and military tribunes commonly rode by his side. " The victorious army, horse and foot, came last, all in their order, crowned with laurel, and decorated with the gifts which...
Página 250 - The captive leaders followed in chains, with their children and attendants ; after the captives came the lictors, having their fasces wreathed with laurel, followed by a great company of musicians and dancers, dressed like satyrs, and wearing crowns of gold ; in the midst of whom was a pantomime, clothed in a female garb, whose business it was, with his looks and gestures, to insult the vanquished.
Página 249 - Romans, a silver eagle, with expanded wings, on the top of a spear, sometimes holding a thunderbolt in its claws, with the figure of a small chapel above it, and occasionally also having the chapel over it, was the main standard of the legion.