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... story of Romulus , the intercourse of Numa with Egeria , the miraculous birth of Servius . In the second place it is extremely inconsistent with itself . This is visible enough to the attentive reader of Livy 16 HISTORICAL EXAMINATION .
... story of Romulus , the intercourse of Numa with Egeria , the miraculous birth of Servius . In the second place it is extremely inconsistent with itself . This is visible enough to the attentive reader of Livy 16 HISTORICAL EXAMINATION .
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... story of the twins and of the foundation of Rome , existed side by side with at least twenty1 other stories of the foundation of Rome which are entirely different from it . Another example may be drawn from the history of Numa . This ...
... story of the twins and of the foundation of Rome , existed side by side with at least twenty1 other stories of the foundation of Rome which are entirely different from it . Another example may be drawn from the history of Numa . This ...
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... story of the Rape of the Sabines . In the Roman marriage ceremonies there were many indications that the bride was supposed to be carried off forcibly from her parents . Modern inquiries have shown that in this there was nothing ...
... story of the Rape of the Sabines . In the Roman marriage ceremonies there were many indications that the bride was supposed to be carried off forcibly from her parents . Modern inquiries have shown that in this there was nothing ...
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... stories borrowed from Herodotus . There remains a certain proportion of the history which can be explained by none of these methods . Here , if anywhere , must lie the substratum of truth . Whether it is possible any- where to recognize ...
... stories borrowed from Herodotus . There remains a certain proportion of the history which can be explained by none of these methods . Here , if anywhere , must lie the substratum of truth . Whether it is possible any- where to recognize ...
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... story of Macrobius ( Sat. 5. 2 , 4 ) , that Virgil's whole Second Book is taken almost word for word from a very ancient epic poet Pisander , which would throw the legend of Aeneas ' wanderings many centuries back , has been overturned ...
... story of Macrobius ( Sat. 5. 2 , 4 ) , that Virgil's whole Second Book is taken almost word for word from a very ancient epic poet Pisander , which would throw the legend of Aeneas ' wanderings many centuries back , has been overturned ...
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Page 197 - This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60...
Page 152 - ... quod populi Priscorum Latinorum hominesque Prisci Latini adversus populum Romanum Quiritium fecerunt deliquerunt, quod populus Romanus Quiritium bellum cum Priscis Latinis iussit esse senatusque populi Romani Quiritium censuit, consensit, conscivit, ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret, ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis Priscorum Latinorum hominibusque Priscis Latinis bellum indico facioque.
Page 64 - Tarquinii se ius dicerc probavisset, non commisit se patribus, sed Tarquinio sepulto populum de se ipse consuluit, iussusque regnare legem de imperio suo curiatam tulit.
Page 145 - si ipse discere posses fidem ac foedera servare, vivo tibi ea disciplina a me adhibita esset; nunc, quoniam tuum insanabile ingenium est, at tu tuo supplicio doce humanum genus ea sancta credere, quae a te violata sunt. Ut igitur paulo ante animum inter Fidenatem Romanamque rem ancipitem gessisti, ita iam corpus passim distrahendum dabis.
Page 159 - Auguriis certe sacerdotioque augurum tantus honos accessit, ut nihil belli domique postea nisi auspicato gereretur, concilia populi, exercitus vocati, summa rerum, ubi aves non admisissent, dirimerentur.
Page 98 - Sed haec et his similia utcunque animadversa aut existimata 9 erunt, haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine; ad illa mihi pro se quisque acriter intendat animum, quae vita, qui mores fuerint, per quos viros quibusque artibus domi militiaeque et partum et auctum imperium sit...
Page 159 - te novacula cotem discissurum ; cape haec et perage, quod aves tuae fieri posse portendunt'. tum 5 illum baud cunctanter discidisse cotem ferunt. statua Atti capite velato, quo in loco res acta est, in comitio in gradibus ipsis ad laevam curiae fuit; cotem quoque eodem loco sitam fuisse memorant. ut esset ad posteros miraculi eius monumentum.
Page 98 - Datur haec venia antiquitati, ut miscendo humana divinis primordia urbium augustiora faciat; et si cui populo licere oportet consecrare origines suas et ad deos referre auctores, ea belli gloria est populo Romano ut cum suum conditorisque sui parentem Martem potissimum ferat tam et hoc gentes humanae patiantur aequo animo quam imperium patiuntur.
Page 177 - Sabini cives additi consederunt, qui a bono omine " id appellarunt ; nam cyprum Sabine bonum.
Page 98 - ... ego contra hoc quoque laboris praemium petam, ut me a conspectu malorum, quae nostra tot per annos vidit aetas, tantisper certe, dum prisca ilia tota mente repeto, avertam, omnis expers curae, quae scribentis animum, etsi non flectere a vero, sollicitum tamen efficere possit.