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... same hand . It is in quarto form , in Lombard characters , and was apparently made by an ignorant copyist , as he seems unconscious of breaks in the narration caused by lacunae in the MS . from which he copied . It is referred to the ...
... same hand . It is in quarto form , in Lombard characters , and was apparently made by an ignorant copyist , as he seems unconscious of breaks in the narration caused by lacunae in the MS . from which he copied . It is referred to the ...
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... is uncertain whether he left children . The Emperor Tacitus , two hundred , years later , claimed to belong to the same family . 1 II . 61 , N. PECULIARITIES OF THE LANGUAGE AND STYLE OF TACITUS . Abridged LIFE OF TACITUS . ix.
... is uncertain whether he left children . The Emperor Tacitus , two hundred , years later , claimed to belong to the same family . 1 II . 61 , N. PECULIARITIES OF THE LANGUAGE AND STYLE OF TACITUS . Abridged LIFE OF TACITUS . ix.
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... the equites , by whom they were presented with silver shields and spears . The same honour , with the appointment that he 15 5 10 recusantis flagrantissime cupiverat . Ut Agrippa vita conces- sit A.D. 14. ] 3 LIBER I. CAP . 1-3 .
... the equites , by whom they were presented with silver shields and spears . The same honour , with the appointment that he 15 5 10 recusantis flagrantissime cupiverat . Ut Agrippa vita conces- sit A.D. 14. ] 3 LIBER I. CAP . 1-3 .
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... same authority over the provincials which the tribunicia potestas gave him over the citizens . It differed from the ordinary power of a proconsul in not being con- fined to one province , but extending over the whole empire , with the ...
... same authority over the provincials which the tribunicia potestas gave him over the citizens . It differed from the ordinary power of a proconsul in not being con- fined to one province , but extending over the whole empire , with the ...
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... same age ( his mother was divorced from Tiberius B. C. 11 ) . The 8. munificientiae summum . feudal lawyers called the king the fount or source of honours and possessions . 9. totiens in Germanias . He advanced on three occasions as far ...
... same age ( his mother was divorced from Tiberius B. C. 11 ) . The 8. munificientiae summum . feudal lawyers called the king the fount or source of honours and possessions . 9. totiens in Germanias . He advanced on three occasions as far ...
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Ablative According account adversus Agrippa Agrippina allowed appointed Armenia Arminio Arminius army Augusti Augustus became bellum brought Caesar Caesarem Caesaris Caligula called case cases Cassius Ceterum city Claudius consul consulibus Corbulo cuncta daughter days death donec Drusus eius emperor emperor's empire eques equites Euphrates exercitus Exim family father first gave Germanici Germanicus gods good great Greek haud held honour house isdem Julia Julius Caesar Legio legiones legionum life Livia made make mentioned Messalina metu miles militum Mithridates name Narcissus neque Nero Nero's Neronem Neronis Octavia office Parthi passed patres people Piso place Pliny postquam power principis probably provinces public quamquam quis rem publicam right Roman Rome same says Sejanus senate senators senatus Seneca Silanus simul sine Suetonius Tacitus tamen tamquam temple three Tiberio Tiberius time tion took tunc urbem used Vitellius vote were words year years
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Page 105 - Liberator baud dubie Germaniae et qui non primordia populi Romani, sicut alii reges ducesque, sed florentissimum imperium lacessierit, proeliis ambiguus, bello non victus, septem et triginta annos vitae, duodecim potentiae explevit, caniturque adhuc barbaras apud gentis, Graecorum annalibus ignotus, qui sua tantum mirantur, Romanis haud perinde Celebris, dum vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.
Page 145 - Exsequi sententias haud institui nisi insignes per honestum aut notabili dedecore, quod praecipuum munus annalium reor, ne virtutes sileantur, utque pravis dictis factisque ex posteritate et infamia metus sit.
Page 165 - Nam beneficia eo usque laeta sunt, dum videntur exsolvi posse : ubi multum antevenere, pro gratia odium redditur.
Page 378 - ... habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum, quod contra singulos utilitate publica rependitur.
Page 4 - ... particeps secretorum (is ad tribunum miserat codicillos) comperit, metuens ne reus subderetur, iuxta periculoso ficta seu vera promeret, monuit Liviam ne arcana domus, ne consilia amicorum, ministeria militum vulgarentur, neve Tiberius vim principatus resolveret cuneta ad senatum vocando: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio constet, quam si uni reddatur.
Page 211 - Insigne visum est earum Caesaris litterarum initium; nam his verbis exorsus est: ' quid scribam vobis, patres conscripti, aut quo modo scribam aut quid omnino non scribam hoc tempore, di me deaeque peius perdant quam perire me cotidie sentio, si ado.
Page 417 - Sed non ope humana, non largitionibus principis aut deum placamentis decedebat infamia, quin iussum incendium crederetur.
Page 123 - ... sexto demum consulatu Caesar Augustus, potentiae securus, quae triumviratu iusserat abolevit , deditque iura, quis pace et principe uteremur.
Page 176 - ... egressus dein senatu vitam abstinentia finivit. libros per aediles cremandos censuere patres : sed manserunt oecultati et editi. quo magis socordiam eorum inridere libet, qui praesenti potentia credunt extingui posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam. nam contra punitis ingeniis gliscit auctoritas; neque aliud externi reges, aut qui eadem saevitia usi sunt, nisi dedecus sibi atque illis gloriam peperere.
Page 418 - Et pereuntibus addita ludibria, ut, ferarum tergis contecti, laniatu canum interirent, aut crucibus affixi, aut flammandi, atque, ubi defecisset dies, in usum nocturni luminis urerentur. Hortos suos ei spectaculo Nero obtulerat, et circense ludicrum edebat, habitu aurigae permixtus plebi, vel curriculo insistens. Unde, quamquam adversus sontes et novissima exempla meritos, miseratio oriebatur, tamquam non utilitate publica, sed in saevitiam unius, absumerentur.