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... the Introduction and in that on Parthia and Armenia , the whole period is reviewed from the death of Julius Caesar to that of Nero . See Appendix ii . after Book 15 . Tacitus , and should help them to estimate the general PREFACE . vii.
... the Introduction and in that on Parthia and Armenia , the whole period is reviewed from the death of Julius Caesar to that of Nero . See Appendix ii . after Book 15 . Tacitus , and should help them to estimate the general PREFACE . vii.
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... CAESAR IV , CN . SENTIUS SATURNINUS , COSS . A conspiracy was formed by Cassius Chaerea and Cornelius Sabinus , tribunes of the praetorian guard , in which the emperor's chief freedman Callistus and others took part . Gaius was ...
... CAESAR IV , CN . SENTIUS SATURNINUS , COSS . A conspiracy was formed by Cassius Chaerea and Cornelius Sabinus , tribunes of the praetorian guard , in which the emperor's chief freedman Callistus and others took part . Gaius was ...
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... Caesar , ' he would endeavour to sustain the fiction of a continuity of succession ; though his name was still significant of a change ; the house of the Julii Caesares , to which Augustus and his successors had nominally and by ...
... Caesar , ' he would endeavour to sustain the fiction of a continuity of succession ; though his name was still significant of a change ; the house of the Julii Caesares , to which Augustus and his successors had nominally and by ...
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... Caesar omnia habet , fiscus eius privata tantum et sua . ' " 6 7 Thus Cicero ( Verr . 3. 85 , 197 ) op- poses it to the private cista ' of the magistrate himself : H. S. quos mihi senatus decrevit , et ex aerario dedit , ego habebo et ...
... Caesar omnia habet , fiscus eius privata tantum et sua . ' " 6 7 Thus Cicero ( Verr . 3. 85 , 197 ) op- poses it to the private cista ' of the magistrate himself : H. S. quos mihi senatus decrevit , et ex aerario dedit , ego habebo et ...
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... Caesar 11 than with those of the early principate . Generally , the large increase of civic population noted at his census 12 is probably due in no small measure to his own comprehensive policy ; and the sarcasm of Seneca 13 , who ...
... Caesar 11 than with those of the early principate . Generally , the large increase of civic population noted at his census 12 is probably due in no small measure to his own comprehensive policy ; and the sarcasm of Seneca 13 , who ...
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Page 469 - Dedimus profecto grande patientiae documentum; et sicut vetus aetas vidit quid ultimum in libertate esset, ita nos quid in servitute, adempto per inquisitiones etiam loquendi audiendique commercio.
Page 209 - Samnitium iugum subiimus. ac tamen, si cuncta bella recenseas, nullum breviore spatio quam adversus Gallos confectum: continua inde ac fida pax.
Page 529 - ... 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 244 - ... aspicimus, quia id genus animalium aratro subditur, sulcus designandi oppidi coeptus, ut magnam Herculis aram amplecteretur ; inde certis spatiis interiecti lapides per ima montis Palatini ad aram Consi, mox curias veteres, turn ad sacellum Larum, inde forum Romanum ; forumque1 et Capitolium non a Romulo, sed a Tito Tatio additum urbi credidere.
Page 567 - According to Tertullian (de spect. 8) 'circus soli principaliter consecratur, cuius aedes medio spatio et effigies de fastigio aedis emicat'. As Jacob suggests, the Sun was no doubt worshipped in this place as the great charioteer. The worship appears to be of Sabine origin; Sol being represented in legend as one of the gods of Tatius: see Varr. LL 5. 68; Dion. Hal. 2. 50. in quo faoinus parabatur: see c.
Page 211 - Caelio ita appellitatus mutatoque nomine, nam Tusce Mastarna ei nomen erat, ita appellatus est ut dixi, et regnum summa cum rei p(ublicae) utilitate optinuit.
Page 523 - Vestibulum eius fuit, in quo colossus CXX pedum staret ipsius effigie; tanta laxitas, ut porticus triplices miliarias haberet; item stagnum maris instar, circumsaeptum aedificiis ad urbium speciem; rura insuper arvis atque vinetis et pascuis silvisque varia, cum multitudine omnis generis pecudum ac ferarum.
Page 247 - Sed Agrippina quo vim suam sociis quoque nationibus ostentaret, in oppidum Ubiorum, in quo genita erat, veteranos coloniamque deduci impetrat, cui nomen inditum e vocabulo ipsius.
Page 528 - Pilatum supplicio adfectus erat ; repressaque in praesens exitiabilis superstitio rursum erumpebat, non modo per ludaeam, originem eius mali, sed per urbem etiam, quo cuncta undique atrocia aut pudenda confluunt celebranturque.
Page 514 - Vis autem eius ad aras et focos pertinet. Itaque in ea dea, quae est rerum custos intimarum, omnis et precatio et sacrificatio extrema est.