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... things totally unintelligible to themselves , such as they perceive to exist in Roman antiquities , in points on which the testimonies of the ancients and the opi- nions of the moderns are at issue . I wish these diffi- culties occurred ...
... things totally unintelligible to themselves , such as they perceive to exist in Roman antiquities , in points on which the testimonies of the ancients and the opi- nions of the moderns are at issue . I wish these diffi- culties occurred ...
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... things far remote from their own times and generation , or the history of such times , persons , and things1 . The history of them they also simply called Antiquities , but more commonly restricted the signification of this word to mean ...
... things far remote from their own times and generation , or the history of such times , persons , and things1 . The history of them they also simply called Antiquities , but more commonly restricted the signification of this word to mean ...
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... things at great length ; or Compendia or En- chiridia , abridgments and compendiums , these being shorter works for the use of lecturers and schools . The number of such books is now so increased , that only a few of the most valuable ...
... things at great length ; or Compendia or En- chiridia , abridgments and compendiums , these being shorter works for the use of lecturers and schools . The number of such books is now so increased , that only a few of the most valuable ...
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... things , to be sold , given in pledge2 , and punished at the will of the owners : in the early times of the Repub- lic they might even be put to death with impunity 3 . This rigour of the law was however so tempered by custom , and the ...
... things , to be sold , given in pledge2 , and punished at the will of the owners : in the early times of the Repub- lic they might even be put to death with impunity 3 . This rigour of the law was however so tempered by custom , and the ...
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... things , the admission of any to the rank of citizens before the age of thirty , except by the vindicta , in presence of the senate , and on just F х grounds ; and further , that no one insolvent , SECT . 64. ] 65 ROMAN ANTIQUITIES .
... things , the admission of any to the rank of citizens before the age of thirty , except by the vindicta , in presence of the senate , and on just F х grounds ; and further , that no one insolvent , SECT . 64. ] 65 ROMAN ANTIQUITIES .
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ædiles afterwards ancient antiquities appointed Augustus authority Beauf Cæs Cæsars Caius called Campus Martius centumviri centuriata centuries Cicero citizenship comitia concerning consuls Creuz custom decemviri Dio Cass Dionys distinction edict emperors fasti Fest Festus formulæ Gell Gellius Græv Greeks Hein hence Hist honour Hugo Julius Cæsar jure Juven Latin lege Legg legis actiones lictors Livy Lydus Macrob magistrates mancipatio Mart mentioned opinion origin Ovid Pandd passage patricians persons plebeians plebs Plin Polyb præfectus prætor provinces quæ quæstors quam Quiritium quod rank Republic Rome Romulus says Schulze senate Servius Servius Tullius slaves Suet sunt temple termed tion tribes tribunes Varro Varro de L. L. Verr Virg votes whence word writers XII Tables XII Tabularum
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Page 279 - Siculi hoc jure sunt, ut quod civis cum cive agat, domi certet suis legibus ; quod siculus cum siculo non ejusdem civitatis, ut de eo praetor judices, ex P. Rupilii decreto, sortiatur.
Page 101 - Quo jure etiam populus romanus olim utebatur. Aut enim ex jure Quiritium unusquisque dominus erat , aut non intelligebatur dominus. Sed postea divisionem accepit dominium, ut alius possit esse ex jure Quiritium dominus, alius in bonis habere. Nam si tibi rem mancipi neque mancipavero , neque in jure cessero...
Page 298 - Nostrae, inquit, con- 15 tra duodecim tabulae cum perpaucas res capite sanxissent, in his hanc quoque sanciendam putaverunt, si quis occentavisset sive carmen condidisset, quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri.
Page 398 - Sole tamen vinoque calent, annosque precantur, quot sumant cyathos, ad numerumque bibunt. Invenies illic, qui Nestoris ebibat annos, quae sit per calices facta Sibylla suos. Illic et cantant quidquid didicere theatris, 535 et iactant faciles ad sua verba manus; et ducunt posito duras cratere choreas, cultaque diffusis saltat amica comis.
Page 295 - ... primum ortum si recordari volumus, inter arma civium et occupatis et obsessis urbis locis procreatum videmus.
Page 295 - Erat autem ius interea paciscendi ac, nisi pacti forent, habebantur in vinculis dies sexaginta. Inter eos dies trinis nundinis continuis ad praetorem in comitium producebantur, quantaeque pecuniae iudicati essent, praedicabatur.
Page 300 - Graeci iraipe1av vocant. His autem potestatem facit lex pactionem quam velint sibi ferre, dum ne quid ex publica lege corrumpant.
Page 302 - XII tabularum adversus eum qui hostiam emisset nec pretium redderet: item adversus eum qui mercedem non redderet pro eo iumento, quod quis ideo locasset ut inde pecuniam acceptam in dapem id est in sacrificium inpenderet...
Page 557 - ... praefatae ante meos manes animamque precatae perfusaeque pias ante liquore manus, pars quae sola mei superabit corporis, ossa incinctae nigra candida veste legent, et primum annoso spargent...
Page 557 - ... cum tenuem fuero mutatu-s in umbram candidaque ossa super nigra favilla teget, ante meum veniat longos incompta capillos , et fleat ante meum maesta Neaera rogum.