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Page v
... been kept steadily in view , and the chief object of the commentary is to stimulate such students and aid them in forming the habit of reading Latin as Latin , of apprehending thought in its Latin form and sequence , and of entering ...
... been kept steadily in view , and the chief object of the commentary is to stimulate such students and aid them in forming the habit of reading Latin as Latin , of apprehending thought in its Latin form and sequence , and of entering ...
Page vi
... been discarded . In the preparation of the commentary , beyond the free use of what has become the common property of scholarship , acknowledgment of aid is due to these works : the editions of Weissenborn - Müller ( Berlin , 1891 ) ...
... been discarded . In the preparation of the commentary , beyond the free use of what has become the common property of scholarship , acknowledgment of aid is due to these works : the editions of Weissenborn - Müller ( Berlin , 1891 ) ...
Page vii
... been peaceably established in prehistoric times ( probably in the ninth century B.C. ) on the northernmost point of the coast of Africa , and had gradually extended its vii power in the western Mediterranean . Before the end of.
... been peaceably established in prehistoric times ( probably in the ninth century B.C. ) on the northernmost point of the coast of Africa , and had gradually extended its vii power in the western Mediterranean . Before the end of.
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... been established between the Romans and their old rivals . The treaty of 348 B.C. had been renewed in 306 B.C. ( Livy ix . 43 et cum Carthaginiensibus eodem anno foedus tertio renovatum , legatisque eorum qui ad id venerant comiter ...
... been established between the Romans and their old rivals . The treaty of 348 B.C. had been renewed in 306 B.C. ( Livy ix . 43 et cum Carthaginiensibus eodem anno foedus tertio renovatum , legatisque eorum qui ad id venerant comiter ...
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... been preserved which would enable a modern historian to attain a considerable degree of certainty in regard to his subject . But the same causes which had served to confuse and obscure the earlier history continued , though in a less ...
... been preserved which would enable a modern historian to attain a considerable degree of certainty in regard to his subject . But the same causes which had served to confuse and obscure the earlier history continued , though in a less ...
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Page 9 - ... inter custodias stationesque militum conspexerunt. Vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens: arma atque equi conspiciebantur. Equitum peditumque idem longe primus erat; princeps in proelium ibat, ultimus conserto proelio excedebat. Has tantas viri virtutes ingentia vitia aequabant, inhumana crudelitas, perfidia plus quam Punica, nihil veri, nihil sancti, nullus deum metus, nullum ius iurandum, nulla religio.
Page 130 - ... et animus suus cuique ante aut post pugnandi ordinem dabat ; tantusque fuit ardor animorum, adeo intentus pugnae animus ut eum motum terrae, qui multarum urbium Italiae magnas partes prostravit avertitque cursu rapidos amnis, mare fluminibus invexit, montes lapsu ingenti proruit, nemo pugnantium senserit.
Page 115 - Flaminio tulerat, ne quis Senator cuive Senator pater fuisset maritimam navem, quae plus quam trecentarum amphorarum esset, haberet. Id satis habitum ad fructus ex agris vectandos; quaestus omnis patribus indecorus visus.
Page 9 - Plurimum audaciae ad pericula capessenda, plurimum consilii inter ipsa pericula erat. Nullo labore aut corpus fatigari aut animus vinci poterat. Caloris ac frigoris patientia par ; cibi potionisque desiderio 10 natural!, non voluptate modus finitus ; vigiliarum somnique nee die nee nocte discriminata tempora; id quod gerendis rebus superesset quieti datum...
Page 68 - Inde ad rupem muniendam, per quam unam via esse poterat, milites ducti, cum caedendum esset saxum, arboribus circa immanibus deiectis detruncatisque struem ingentem lignorum faciunt eamque, cum et vis venti apta faciendo igni coorta esset, succendunt ardentiaque 3 saxa infuso aceto putrefaciunt.
Page 18 - Phalarica erat Saguntinis, missile telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti praeterquam ad extremum, unde...
Page 122 - Postremo Decembri iam mense ad aedem Saturni Romae immolatum est, lectisterniumque imperatum ([et] 20 eum lectum senatores straverunt) et convivium publicum, ac per urbem Saturnalia diem ac noctem clamata, populusque eum diem festum habere ac servare in perpetuum iussus.
Page 60 - Turn, quamquam fama prius, qua 1 incerta in maius vero ferri solent, praecepta res erat, tamen ex propinquo visa montium altitudo nivesque caelo prope immixtae, tecta informia imposita rupibus...