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... Rome , down through the dark ages to the dawn of modern civilization . It also embraces the his- tory of the leading nations of modern Europe , and of the United States of America . Wisdom is the great end of history . It is designed to ...
... Rome , down through the dark ages to the dawn of modern civilization . It also embraces the his- tory of the leading nations of modern Europe , and of the United States of America . Wisdom is the great end of history . It is designed to ...
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... Rome , during this period , supplied an extensive knowledge of a part of Asia , Egypt , the northern part of Africa , and Europe to South Britain . 3. The expeditions of the Germans and Nor- mans until 900 A. D. The Normans discovered ...
... Rome , during this period , supplied an extensive knowledge of a part of Asia , Egypt , the northern part of Africa , and Europe to South Britain . 3. The expeditions of the Germans and Nor- mans until 900 A. D. The Normans discovered ...
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... Rome , took root in Athens during the administration of Pericles , the most splendid and most prosper- ous in the Grecian annals . ' During this period flourished Eschylus and Sophocles , Euripides and Aristophanes , dramatists ; Pindar ...
... Rome , took root in Athens during the administration of Pericles , the most splendid and most prosper- ous in the Grecian annals . ' During this period flourished Eschylus and Sophocles , Euripides and Aristophanes , dramatists ; Pindar ...
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... Rome , and therefore following the fate of that empire , Greece remained for upwards of four succeeding centuries ; but although of little political importance , it still retained its preeminence in learning . Enslaved as the land was ...
... Rome , and therefore following the fate of that empire , Greece remained for upwards of four succeeding centuries ; but although of little political importance , it still retained its preeminence in learning . Enslaved as the land was ...
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... ROME . ABOUT the year 754 B. C. , at that point of Central Italy , nearly fifteen miles from the Tuscan Sea , where the Anio joins the Tiber , there stood on a height , called the Palatine Mount , a little village named Roma , the ...
... ROME . ABOUT the year 754 B. C. , at that point of Central Italy , nearly fifteen miles from the Tuscan Sea , where the Anio joins the Tiber , there stood on a height , called the Palatine Mount , a little village named Roma , the ...
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