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Page vii
... tion controlled the whole commerce with the interior of Italy . Hence , though perhaps the Romans were not a commercial nation in the same sense as were the Greeks and Phoenicians , sending their own ships and expeditions to every ...
... tion controlled the whole commerce with the interior of Italy . Hence , though perhaps the Romans were not a commercial nation in the same sense as were the Greeks and Phoenicians , sending their own ships and expeditions to every ...
Page x
... tion of Hasdrubal , in 220 B.C. , Hannibal , the son of Ham- ilcar , succeeded to the control of the interests of Carthage in Spain . THE SECOND PUNIC WAR . 7. Before 220 B.C. , the year when Hannibal took the com- mand , all the ...
... tion of Hasdrubal , in 220 B.C. , Hannibal , the son of Ham- ilcar , succeeded to the control of the interests of Carthage in Spain . THE SECOND PUNIC WAR . 7. Before 220 B.C. , the year when Hannibal took the com- mand , all the ...
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... tion . umquam : on account of the negative idea almost always present in comparative construc- tions ; cf. the use of ne in clauses in French after comparisons . quod : i.e. id ( bellum ) quod ; the want of an article in Latin allows ...
... tion . umquam : on account of the negative idea almost always present in comparative construc- tions ; cf. the use of ne in clauses in French after comparisons . quod : i.e. id ( bellum ) quod ; the want of an article in Latin allows ...
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... tion . - 4. admiratione : i.e. just the effect intended . · florem aetatis : see 2. 3. rudimento : for the military origin of the word , see Harvard Studies , I. 95 . 5. an : the regular use of the word , implying'am I not right in ...
... tion . - 4. admiratione : i.e. just the effect intended . · florem aetatis : see 2. 3. rudimento : for the military origin of the word , see Harvard Studies , I. 95 . 5. an : the regular use of the word , implying'am I not right in ...
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... tion of something on a new basis , as unaffected by any previous pro- ceedings . decernentes : in its regular sense of giving one's indi- vidual opinion , though nothing but the sum of all the opinions given would properly be a decretum ...
... tion of something on a new basis , as unaffected by any previous pro- ceedings . decernentes : in its regular sense of giving one's indi- vidual opinion , though nothing but the sum of all the opinions given would properly be a decretum ...
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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...