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... importance ; and to reduce to absolute uniformity a text of such extent and such variety of authorship and assembled perforce from so many different editions , has seemed , in view of the purpose of the volume , an unnecessary and an ...
... importance ; and to reduce to absolute uniformity a text of such extent and such variety of authorship and assembled perforce from so many different editions , has seemed , in view of the purpose of the volume , an unnecessary and an ...
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... importance . Situated on one of the main roads to the north , its growth as a military and commercial center was rapid ( Tac . Hist . iii . 6 ; Columella vi . 24 et al . ) . Martial ( xiv . 155 ) mentions its sheep and cattle with ...
... importance . Situated on one of the main roads to the north , its growth as a military and commercial center was rapid ( Tac . Hist . iii . 6 ; Columella vi . 24 et al . ) . Martial ( xiv . 155 ) mentions its sheep and cattle with ...
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... importance , the pass near by ( Ad Lautulas , where a fierce battle was fought in 315 B. C. by the Romans and Samnites ) being an entrance from southern to central Italy and the road from here being clear to Rome . Its situation , too ...
... importance , the pass near by ( Ad Lautulas , where a fierce battle was fought in 315 B. C. by the Romans and Samnites ) being an entrance from southern to central Italy and the road from here being clear to Rome . Its situation , too ...
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... importance from the time of Augustus , who raised it to the rank of a colony . Situated as it was , upon marshy ground , it was secure from attack , and successfully defended itself from onsets by the way of mines . It was the starting ...
... importance from the time of Augustus , who raised it to the rank of a colony . Situated as it was , upon marshy ground , it was secure from attack , and successfully defended itself from onsets by the way of mines . It was the starting ...
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... importance although not often mentioned in his- tory . Livy mentions it casually in recounting Hannibal's march to Rome by the Latin Road in 211 B. C. ( xxvi . 9 ) . Tacitus speaks of it as having colonial rank ( Hist . i . 88 ) but ...
... importance although not often mentioned in his- tory . Livy mentions it casually in recounting Hannibal's march to Rome by the Latin Road in 211 B. C. ( xxvi . 9 ) . Tacitus speaks of it as having colonial rank ( Hist . i . 88 ) but ...
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Page 304 - IBAM forte via Sacra, sicut meus est mos, Nescio quid meditans nugarum, totus in illis : Accurrit quidam notus mihi nomine tantum, Arreptaque manu, "Quid agis, dulcissime rerum?" " Suaviter ut nunc est," inquam, " et cupio omnia quae vis." Cum assectaretur: "Num quid vis?" occupo. At ille, "Noris nos," inquit;
Page 497 - He was, at. that time, with the fleet under his command, at Misenum, On the 24th of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud, which appeared of a very unusual size and shape. He had just returned from taking the benefit of the sun, and, after bathing himself in cold water, and taking a slight repast, was retired to his study.
Page 444 - Thybris ea fluvium, quam longa est, nocte tumentem Leniit, et tacita refluens ita substitit unda, Mitis ut in morem stagni placidaeque paludis Sterneret aequor aquis, remo ut luctamen abesset.
Page 78 - Spelunca alta fuit vastoque immanis hiatu, scrupea, tuta lacu nigro nemorumque tenebris, quam super haud ullae poterant impune volantes tendere iter pennis; talis sese halitus atris 240 faucibus effundens supera ad convexa ferebat...
Page 502 - Hoc erat in votis : modus agri non ita magnus, hortus ubi et tecto vicinus iugis aquae fons et paulum silvae super his foret. auctius atque di melius fecere. bene est. nil amplius oro, Maia nate, nisi ut propria haec mihi munera faxis-.
Page 206 - Fortunate senex, ergo tua rura manebunt! et tibi magna satis, quamvis lapis omnia nudus limosoque palus obducat pascua iunco.
Page 6 - Sed neque Medorum silvae, ditissima terra, nec pulcher Ganges atque auro turbidus Hermus laudibus Italiae certent, non Bactra neque Indi totaque turiferis Panchaia pinguis harenis.
Page 144 - Vincla recusantum et sera sub nocte rudentum, Saetigerique sues atque in praesepibus ursi Saevire...
Page 222 - Olympo. Illo Vergilium me tempore dulcis alebat Parthenope, studiis florentem ignobilis oti, Carmina qui lusi pastorum audaxque iuventa, 565 Tityre, te patulae cecini sub tegmine fagi.
Page 108 - Tu quoque litoribus nostris, Aeneia nutrix, aeternam moriens famam, Caieta, dedisti; et nunc servat honos sedem tuus, ossaque nomen Hesperia in magna, si qua est ea gloria, signat.