Livy: The Hannibalian War...Macmillan & Company, 1886 - 177 pages |
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Page vii
... coast of Illy- ricum and the island of Corcyra . She had alliances with the Greek colonies of Massilia ( Marseilles ) near the mouth of the Rhone , and of Saguntum and Emporiae in Spain . She could bring into the field 700,000 infantry ...
... coast of Illy- ricum and the island of Corcyra . She had alliances with the Greek colonies of Massilia ( Marseilles ) near the mouth of the Rhone , and of Saguntum and Emporiae in Spain . She could bring into the field 700,000 infantry ...
Page viii
... coast , and run along parallel to it for about 250 miles , expanding into broad table - land , after which the main range ap- proaches the west coast leaving plains or low hills on the east , and so continues to the southern extre- mity ...
... coast , and run along parallel to it for about 250 miles , expanding into broad table - land , after which the main range ap- proaches the west coast leaving plains or low hills on the east , and so continues to the southern extre- mity ...
Page xi
... coast of Africa at the point nearest to Sicily , had been founded by the Phoenicians or Canaanites of Tyre and Sidon . The Phoenicians were above all a trading people . They had alliances with the Etruscans in early times , and the two ...
... coast of Africa at the point nearest to Sicily , had been founded by the Phoenicians or Canaanites of Tyre and Sidon . The Phoenicians were above all a trading people . They had alliances with the Etruscans in early times , and the two ...
Page xii
... coast . We have now reached the crisis when these two powers are to decide with one another the question which is to rule in the western basin of the Medi- terranean , and it is at this point that our narrative begins . THE GOVERNMENT ...
... coast . We have now reached the crisis when these two powers are to decide with one another the question which is to rule in the western basin of the Medi- terranean , and it is at this point that our narrative begins . THE GOVERNMENT ...
Page 91
... coast . 2. Romae ... Carthagine , § 121 , B. 3. acta forent : p . 162 , I. ( 2 ) . ( R. 750. ) 4. pacatis ; i.e. reduced to submission . 5. ut non pacis solum , & c . Non . . . solum belongs to pacis , and the clause is not a negative ...
... coast . 2. Romae ... Carthagine , § 121 , B. 3. acta forent : p . 162 , I. ( 2 ) . ( R. 750. ) 4. pacatis ; i.e. reduced to submission . 5. ut non pacis solum , & c . Non . . . solum belongs to pacis , and the clause is not a negative ...
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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...