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... Trajan was afterwards legate of Upper Germany . Spart . Hadr . c . i . 6 Plin . Panegyr . 14 . 4 Ib . 14 . 5 It seems to have been a rule that governors were not appointed so important a post from 89 till 97 , the 2 INTRODUCTION.
... Trajan was afterwards legate of Upper Germany . Spart . Hadr . c . i . 6 Plin . Panegyr . 14 . 4 Ib . 14 . 5 It seems to have been a rule that governors were not appointed so important a post from 89 till 97 , the 2 INTRODUCTION.
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... appointed legate of Upper Germany , + still perhaps , in spite of the number of legions on the Danube , the premier military command . There was , however , at this period no need for military operations on the Rhine , and Trajan's work ...
... appointed legate of Upper Germany , + still perhaps , in spite of the number of legions on the Danube , the premier military command . There was , however , at this period no need for military operations on the Rhine , and Trajan's work ...
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... appointed consul for the third time . He was greeted with rapture by the people , and his affability and condescension , as well as the tact with which he treated the senate and aristocracy , won the hearts of all . With the senate ...
... appointed consul for the third time . He was greeted with rapture by the people , and his affability and condescension , as well as the tact with which he treated the senate and aristocracy , won the hearts of all . With the senate ...
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... appointed by lot for fiscal matters , 10 an appearance at any rate of im- partiality was given to cases in which the emperor had a direct interest . Further , the ' aureum coronarium ' presented to the emperor on his accession by the ...
... appointed by lot for fiscal matters , 10 an appearance at any rate of im- partiality was given to cases in which the emperor had a direct interest . Further , the ' aureum coronarium ' presented to the emperor on his accession by the ...
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... appointed from the senate.1 With the year 101 the second part of Trajan's reign began . His power was consolidated in Rome , and he was able to turn his attention to foreign affairs . Of these by far the most pressing were the relations ...
... appointed from the senate.1 With the year 101 the second part of Trajan's reign began . His power was consolidated in Rome , and he was able to turn his attention to foreign affairs . Of these by far the most pressing were the relations ...
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Page 214 - Adfirmabant autem hanc fuisse summam vel culpae suae vel erroris, quod essent soliti stato die ante lucem convenire carmenque Christo quasi deo dicere secum invicem seque sacramento non in scelus aliquod obstringere, sed ne furta, ne latrocinia, ne adulteria committerent, ne fidem fallerent, ne depositum appellati abnegarent.
Page 54 - Ergo abolendo rumori Nero subdidit reos et quaesitissimis poenis adfecit, quos per flagitia invisos vulgus Christianos appellabat. Auctor nominis eius Christus Tiberio imperitante per procuratorem Pontium Pilatum supplicio adfectus erat...
Page 215 - Visa est enim mihi res digna consultatione, maxime propter periclitantium numerum. Multi enim omnis aetatis, omnis ordinis, utriusque sexus etiam, vocantur in periculum, et vocabuntur. Neque civitates tantum, sed vicos etiam atque agros superstitionis istius contagio pervagata est : quae videtur sisti et corrigi posse.
Page 214 - ... stato die ante lucem convenire, carmenque Christo, quasi deo, dicere secum invicem, seque sacramento non in scelus aliquod obstringere. sed ne furta, ne latrocinia, ne adulteria committerent, ne fidem fallerent, ne depositum appellati abnegarent: quibus peractis morem sibi discedendi fuisse, rursusque coeundi ad capiendum cibum, promiscuum tamen, et innoxium : quod ipsum facere desisse post edictum meum, quo secundum mandata tua hetaerias esse vetueram.
Page 212 - Interim in iis, qui ad me tamquam Christi5 ani deferebantur, hunc sum secutus modum. Interrogavi ipsos, an essent Christiani. Confitentes iterum ac tertio interrogavi, supplicium minatus: perseverantes duci iussi. Neque enim dubitabam, qualecumque esset, quod faterentur, pertinaciam certe et inflexibilem obstinationem debere puniri.
Page 212 - Nec mediocriter haesitavi, sitne aliquod discrimen aetatum, an quamlibet teneri nihil a robustioribus differant, detur paenitentiae venia, an ei, qui omnino Christianus fuit, desisse non prosit, nomen ipsum, si flagitiis careat, an flagitia cohaerentia nomini puniantur.
Page 213 - Propositus est libellus sine auctore multorum nomina continens. Qui negabant esse se Christianos aut fuisse, cum praeeunte me deos appellarent et imagini tuae, quam propter hoc iusseram cum simulacris numinum adferri, ture 15 ac vino supplicarent, praeterea male dicerent Christo, quorum nihil posse cogi dicuntur, qui sunt re vera Christiani, dimittendos esse putavi.
Page 54 - ... et pereuntibus addita ludibria, ut ferarum tergis contecti laniatu canum interirent aut crucibus adfixi [aut flammandi atque], ubi defecisset dies, in usu[m] nocturni luminis urerentur.
Page 53 - And he abode two whole years in his own hired dwelling, and 31 received all that went in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, none forbidding him.