Roman antiquities: or, An account of the manners and customs of the Romans |
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... army , before they could pretend to any civil magistracy ; and as the military age was seventeen , of consequence that one might be made quæstor at twenty - seven . But few ob- tained that office so early ; and Cicero , who often boasts ...
... army , before they could pretend to any civil magistracy ; and as the military age was seventeen , of consequence that one might be made quæstor at twenty - seven . But few ob- tained that office so early ; and Cicero , who often boasts ...
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... army to Rome , the senate was held in the camp of Flaccus , the Proconsul , betwixt the Porta Collina and Esquilina , Liv . xxvi . 10 . When a report was brought that an ox had spoken , a thing frequently mentioned in ancient authors ...
... army to Rome , the senate was held in the camp of Flaccus , the Proconsul , betwixt the Porta Collina and Esquilina , Liv . xxvi . 10 . When a report was brought that an ox had spoken , a thing frequently mentioned in ancient authors ...
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... army ; but afterwards also to act as judges or ju- rymen , ( ut judicarent , ) and to farm the public revenues , ( VECTIGALIA CONDUCERE . ) Judges were chosen from the senate till the year of the city 631 , at which time , on ac- count ...
... army ; but afterwards also to act as judges or ju- rymen , ( ut judicarent , ) and to farm the public revenues , ( VECTIGALIA CONDUCERE . ) Judges were chosen from the senate till the year of the city 631 , at which time , on ac- count ...
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... army , nor to maintain a public horse , ( ne invitus militaret , neve Censor ei equum publicum assignaret ; ) but this exemption could be granted only by the people , Liv . xxxix . 19 . The Eques whose name was first marked in the ...
... army , nor to maintain a public horse , ( ne invitus militaret , neve Censor ei equum publicum assignaret ; ) but this exemption could be granted only by the people , Liv . xxxix . 19 . The Eques whose name was first marked in the ...
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... army , who had hitherto served at their own expence ; whereupon all were forced to contri- bute annually according to their fortune for the pay of the soldiers , Liv . iv . 59 , and 60 . In the year of the city 586 annual tributes were ...
... army , who had hitherto served at their own expence ; whereupon all were forced to contri- bute annually according to their fortune for the pay of the soldiers , Liv . iv . 59 , and 60 . In the year of the city 586 annual tributes were ...
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Page 370 - THE discipline of the Romans was chiefly conspicuous in their marches and encampments. They never passed a night, even in the longest marches, without pitching a camp, and fortifying it with a rampart and ditch, Liv.
Page 89 - Any other magistrate, of equal or greater authority than he who presided, might likewise take the auspices ; especially if he wished to hinder an election, or prevent a law from being passed. If such magistrate therefore declared, SE DE COELO SERVASSE, that he had heard thunder, or seen lightning, he was said OBNUNT1ARE.
Page 335 - Caesar, when he became master of the state, resolved to put an end to this disorder, by abolishing the source of it, the use of the intercalations ; and for that purpose, A U.
Page 81 - By this arrangement the chief power was vested in the richest citizens, who composed the first class, which, although least in number, consisted of more centuries than all the rest put together ; but they likewise bore the charges of peace and war...
Page 287 - ... herself into an eagle. After this transformation the goddess pursued the god with apparent ferocity, and Jupiter fled for refuge into the arms of Leda, who was bathing in the Eurotas. Jupiter took advantage of his situation, and nine...
Page 198 - Upon his return into the city, after having conquered the party of Marius, he wrote down the names of those whom he doomed to die, and ordered them to be fixed up...
Page 113 - ... be permitted to speak for himself: upon which Cicero, who was never at a loss, instead of pronouncing the ordinary form of the oath, exalting the tone of his voice, swore out aloud, so as all the people might hear him, that he had saved the Republic and the city from ruin...
Page 346 - The place where the gladiators fought was called ARENA, because it was covered with sand or saw-dust, to prevent the gladiators from sliding, and to absorb the blood ; and the persons who fought, Arenarii.
Page 468 - THE Romans paid the greatest attention to funeral-rites, because they believed that the souls of the unburied were not admitted into the abodes of the dead ; or at least wandered a hundred years along the river Styx, before they were allowed to cross it ; for which reason, if the bodies of their friends could not be found, they erected to them an empty tomb, (TUMULUS INAKIS, xsvoroipiov, Cenotaphium,) at which they performed the usual solemnities, Virg.
Page 361 - It was determined by lot in what manner the tribes should be called. The consuls ordered such as they pleased to be cited out of each tribe, and every one was obliged to answer to his name under a severe penalty, Liv.