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... oldest Latin manuscripts are centuries later than the authors themselves , and have usually been copied and re - copied under oral dictation , they often contain the accumu- lated blunders and whims of many scribes ; their spelling.
... oldest Latin manuscripts are centuries later than the authors themselves , and have usually been copied and re - copied under oral dictation , they often contain the accumu- lated blunders and whims of many scribes ; their spelling.
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... later . But in any case it shows that the Romans had long before the latter date extended their commercial relations to all parts of Italy and Sicily and in some degree to Africa . 3. The contest for the possession of Sicily between the ...
... later . But in any case it shows that the Romans had long before the latter date extended their commercial relations to all parts of Italy and Sicily and in some degree to Africa . 3. The contest for the possession of Sicily between the ...
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... later periods . The art of historical inves- tigation , the colorless and unbiased presentation of facts , the writing of history for history's sake , were , even in the time of the Second Punic War , new and undeveloped . The same ...
... later periods . The art of historical inves- tigation , the colorless and unbiased presentation of facts , the writing of history for history's sake , were , even in the time of the Second Punic War , new and undeveloped . The same ...
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... later , C. Licinius Macer , father of the orator and poet Calvus , and Q. Aelius Tubero , the accuser of Ligarius , had also published histories including this period . All these writers except Polybius composed their works in the ...
... later , C. Licinius Macer , father of the orator and poet Calvus , and Q. Aelius Tubero , the accuser of Ligarius , had also published histories including this period . All these writers except Polybius composed their works in the ...
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... later re- ferred to by virium aut roboris.— his ipsis , etc .: the second point , indicating that these nations were at the height of their power . virium properly , active strength , but here quantitative as to numbers , etc. roboris ...
... later re- ferred to by virium aut roboris.— his ipsis , etc .: the second point , indicating that these nations were at the height of their power . virium properly , active strength , but here quantitative as to numbers , etc. roboris ...
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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 235 - Brutus, which was composed in 46 BC and purports to be a conversation with Atticus and Brutus, Cicero traces the development of oratory among the Romans down to his own time, with critical notices of about two hundred speakers. The long catalogue is relieved of dryness by the dialogue form, the freedom of digression, and by Cicero's fresh and teeming style. Professor Kellogg has edited the work especially for early college reading.
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...