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... Roman antiquity , Sallust was , as there asserted , a dissipated man and a profligate politician , who attached himself to the popular party , and sought the offices of the state in succession , in order to finish his career with the ...
... Roman antiquity , Sallust was , as there asserted , a dissipated man and a profligate politician , who attached himself to the popular party , and sought the offices of the state in succession , in order to finish his career with the ...
Page x
... Roman oligarchy which Sallust dis- plays throughout his writings . • On The disgrace he had undergone did not prevent Sallust from succeeding , under Cæsar's supremacy , to the high office of prætor , which he acquired in the year 47 ...
... Roman oligarchy which Sallust dis- plays throughout his writings . • On The disgrace he had undergone did not prevent Sallust from succeeding , under Cæsar's supremacy , to the high office of prætor , which he acquired in the year 47 ...
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Gaius Sallustius Crispus Charles Merivale. his writings against the corruption and extortion of the Roman nobles . See Dion's Roman History , xliii . 9. κal τοὺς Νομάδας λαβὼν ἔς τε τὸ ὑπήκοον ἐπήγαγε , καὶ τῷ Σαλουστίῳ , λόγῳ μὲν ...
Gaius Sallustius Crispus Charles Merivale. his writings against the corruption and extortion of the Roman nobles . See Dion's Roman History , xliii . 9. κal τοὺς Νομάδας λαβὼν ἔς τε τὸ ὑπήκοον ἐπήγαγε , καὶ τῷ Σαλουστίῳ , λόγῳ μὲν ...
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... Roman affairs between the years B.c. 117 and 62. The events belonging to the earlier portion of this series had already been related by Roman writers . Sisenna had composed an account of the wars of Marius and Sulla ; personal me- moirs ...
... Roman affairs between the years B.c. 117 and 62. The events belonging to the earlier portion of this series had already been related by Roman writers . Sisenna had composed an account of the wars of Marius and Sulla ; personal me- moirs ...
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... Roman grammarians , and their reading of them is of course entitled to careful consideration . The text given by Gerlach in his last edition , Berlin , 1852 , very nearly corresponds , at last , after much fluctua- tion of opinion ...
... Roman grammarians , and their reading of them is of course entitled to careful consideration . The text given by Gerlach in his last edition , Berlin , 1852 , very nearly corresponds , at last , after much fluctua- tion of opinion ...
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alia alii aliis animi animo animus antea armis been belli bello bellum Cæsar called Catil Catilina Ceterum Cicero city Comp consul copia cujus deinde eorum erant esset exercitum facere fieri first fore form generally good gratia great habere hæc haud have Hist homines hostes hostium Igitur ille illi illis imperio imperium Italia item jubet Jugur Jugurtha loca made magis magna manu Marius maxime Metellus metu mihi milites minus more multa multis neque nihil omnibus omnium pars paucis people phrase place populi postquam postremo præterea public quæ quis quisque quoniam quos quum read rebus rerum Romæ Roman Rome sæpe Sallust same satis scil seems senate senatus sense sese sicuti simul sine supra tamen tempus their they time used Verum Virg virtute were word words
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Page 83 - Omnis homines, patres conscripti, qui de rebus dubiis consultant, ab odio, amicitia, ira atque misericordia vacuos esse decet.
Page 17 - Igitur primo pecuniae, deinde imperi cupido crevit; ea quasi materies omnium malorum fuere. Namque avaritia fidem, probitatem ceterasque artis bonas subvortit; pro his superbiam, crudelitatem, deos neglegere, omnia venalia habere edocuit. Ambitio multos mortalis falsos fieri subegit, aliud clausum in pectore, aliud in lingua promptum habere, amicitias inimicitiasque non ex re, sed ex commodo aestumare, magisque voltum quam ingenium bonum habere.
Page 8 - ... statui res gestas populi Romani carptim, ut quaeque memoria digna videbantur, perscribere, — eo magis, quod mihi a spe, metu, partibus rei publicae animus liber erat.
Page 15 - Romano numquam ea copia fuit, quia prudentissumus quisque maxume negotiosus erat; ingenium nemo sine corpore exercebat; optumus quisque facere quam dicere, sua ab aliis benefacta laudari quam ipse aliorum narrare malebat.
Page 119 - ... eorum famam atque gloriam adaequaverit. At contra, quis est omnium his moribus, quin divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industria cum majoribus suis contendat 1 etiam homines novi, qui antea per virtutem soliti erant nobilitatem antevenire, furtim et per latrocinia potius [quam bonis artibus] ad imperia et honores nituntur...
Page 18 - Putares Sullam venisse in Italiam non belli vindicem, sed pacis auctorem: tanta cum quiete exercitum per Calabriam Apuliamque cum singular! cura frugum, agrorum, hominum, urbium perduxit in Campaniam...
Page 181 - ... ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria ; ferre, si quid ad usum velint ; ferre vallum. Nam scutum, gladium, galeam in onere nostri milites non plus numerant, quam humeros, lacertos, manus. Arma enim membra militis esse dicunt.