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... legions , is given as the private counsel of Tigellinus , who desired to put Nero's vague terror into definite shape ( 14. 57 ) . As regards Plautus , some desperate scheme was regarded by his friends as possible ( 14. 58 , 3 ) . 14. 59 ...
... legions , is given as the private counsel of Tigellinus , who desired to put Nero's vague terror into definite shape ( 14. 57 ) . As regards Plautus , some desperate scheme was regarded by his friends as possible ( 14. 58 , 3 ) . 14. 59 ...
Page 87
... legions to the Jewish war , nor retained him to direct the expedition ( probably already in contempla- tion ) beyond the Caucasus ; nor could Corbulo himself have failed to notice the want of confidence in him implied by the appointment ...
... legions to the Jewish war , nor retained him to direct the expedition ( probably already in contempla- tion ) beyond the Caucasus ; nor could Corbulo himself have failed to notice the want of confidence in him implied by the appointment ...
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... legions at the death of Augustus against an emperor of known vigour and capacity , who had even been their own victorious general ' , would have been aggravated at this time by the news of the conduct of their imperator in Greece and ...
... legions at the death of Augustus against an emperor of known vigour and capacity , who had even been their own victorious general ' , would have been aggravated at this time by the news of the conduct of their imperator in Greece and ...
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... legions , with other troops making up a total of more than 100,000 , with which Antonius at last took the field , late in the season of 718 , B. C. 38 , was not unworthy of the enterprise ; but the vast scheme ended in ignominious ...
... legions , with other troops making up a total of more than 100,000 , with which Antonius at last took the field , late in the season of 718 , B. C. 38 , was not unworthy of the enterprise ; but the vast scheme ended in ignominious ...
Page 99
... legions , of which probably only four were stationed in Syria , and none in any other Asiatic province , betokened a definite abandonment of any great military enterprise in that quarter ; while the shelter afforded to the fugitive ...
... legions , of which probably only four were stationed in Syria , and none in any other Asiatic province , betokened a definite abandonment of any great military enterprise in that quarter ; while the shelter afforded to the fugitive ...
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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.