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agmen Alpes animos arma army atque attack atum atus battle bellum called carry castra cavalry clause coast command compar conj consul ctum deinde elected equites erant erat esse esset etiam exercitu expresses followed fuit Gauls gerundive haec Hannibal haud hostes hostium inde indecl inis inter ipse Italy Itaque itum legiones magis means milites millia modo naves neque nihil omnes omnia onis oris orum partic pass passive peditum person plur populi prae prep pron pugna quae quam quia quibus quidem quod quoque quum referring river Romae Roman Rome round satis Scipio Senate side Spain sunt terra tion town tribes verb
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Page xv - ... intercession which was at the service of the senate after the termination of the quarrels between the orders — the Roman senate was the noblest embodiment of the nation, and in consistency and political sagacity, in unanimity and patriotism, in grasp of power and unwavering courage, the foremost political corporation of all times — an "assembly of kings," which well knew how to combine despotic energy with republican self-devotedness.
Page 110 - Early the next morning he set forward again ; the morning mist hung thickly over the lake and the low grounds, leaving the heights, as is often the case, quite clear. Flaminius, anxious to overtake his enemy, rejoiced in the friendly veil which thus concealed his advance, and hoped to fall upon...
Page 68 - Senatum praetores per dies aliquot ab orto usque ad occidentem solem in curia retinent, consultantes quonam duce aut...
Page 65 - ... 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 18 - 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 67 - magna victi sumus." Et quamquam nihil certius ex eo auditum est, tamen alius ab alio impleti rumoribus domos referunt consulem cum magna parte copiarum caesum, superesse paucos aut fuga passim per Etruriam sparsos aut captos ab hoste. Quot casus exercitus victi fuerant, tot in curas...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Livy: The Hannibalian War... Elementary classics |
| Author | Livy |
| Publisher | Macmillan & Company, 1886 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 177 pages |
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