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... threatened by the combined revolt of her mer- cenary soldiers and of her Libyan dependencies . This war was marked by fearful atrocities on both sides , and after con- tinuing more than three years was brought to a close INTRODUCTION . ix.
... threatened by the combined revolt of her mer- cenary soldiers and of her Libyan dependencies . This war was marked by fearful atrocities on both sides , and after con- tinuing more than three years was brought to a close INTRODUCTION . ix.
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... soldiers ― - - and the controlling powers were made of , almost moral in its allusion ; cf. the English ' hearts of oak .'- ignotas , etc .: the third point ; it was not like one civilization meeting an inferior one , but the combatants ...
... soldiers ― - - and the controlling powers were made of , almost moral in its allusion ; cf. the English ' hearts of oak .'- ignotas , etc .: the third point ; it was not like one civilization meeting an inferior one , but the combatants ...
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... soldier in battle . ' . palam : notice Livy's high coloring ; Polybius ( II . 36 ) says in the night . interfecti : cf. amissae , I. 5 n . comprensus , etc .: though two items are in Latin fashion crowded into one predication , yet by ...
... soldier in battle . ' . palam : notice Livy's high coloring ; Polybius ( II . 36 ) says in the night . interfecti : cf. amissae , I. 5 n . comprensus , etc .: though two items are in Latin fashion crowded into one predication , yet by ...
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... soldier , he soon made the likeness to his father ( pater in se ) seem of little account by the side of his military qualities . 3. numquam : the emphasis ena- bles Livy to dispense with a nam - or enim . The whole is a shorthand ...
... soldier , he soon made the likeness to his father ( pater in se ) seem of little account by the side of his military qualities . 3. numquam : the emphasis ena- bles Livy to dispense with a nam - or enim . The whole is a shorthand ...
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... soldiers wore.- sagulo : the diminutive to heighten the effect , like ' simple soldier's cloak . ' The regular word is sagum , a short cloak ( like the Greek chla- mys ) fastened on the right shoul- der . custodias , sentinels . — sta ...
... soldiers wore.- sagulo : the diminutive to heighten the effect , like ' simple soldier's cloak . ' The regular word is sagum , a short cloak ( like the Greek chla- mys ) fastened on the right shoul- der . custodias , sentinels . — sta ...
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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...
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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.
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