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... attack of Indutiomarus was repulsed by Dolabella , and the head of that chieftain brought back into his camp ( cp . B. G. v . 58 , §§ 4-6 ) ; that Caesar pursued the Caledonians into their woods , and captured one of their kings ; that ...
... attack of Indutiomarus was repulsed by Dolabella , and the head of that chieftain brought back into his camp ( cp . B. G. v . 58 , §§ 4-6 ) ; that Caesar pursued the Caledonians into their woods , and captured one of their kings ; that ...
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... attacked by the enemy . A private seeing their danger leapt to the rescue , and after performing prodigies of valour , dispersed the foe and saved the centurions . He had then to get himself out of the marsh , which he did with great ...
... attacked by the enemy . A private seeing their danger leapt to the rescue , and after performing prodigies of valour , dispersed the foe and saved the centurions . He had then to get himself out of the marsh , which he did with great ...
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... attack , why not stay outside himself , and throw his own energy into the rousing of Gaul for its relief ? In the case of the Gauls there was more valour than discretion . But Mithridates ' execution fell short of his design because of ...
... attack , why not stay outside himself , and throw his own energy into the rousing of Gaul for its relief ? In the case of the Gauls there was more valour than discretion . But Mithridates ' execution fell short of his design because of ...
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... attacked of course - what is there that has not ? —but if we reject it , there is nothing better to put in its place ... attack Clusium 1 . That city had held aloof from helping her sister Veii , and for this merit she now in her ...
... attacked of course - what is there that has not ? —but if we reject it , there is nothing better to put in its place ... attack Clusium 1 . That city had held aloof from helping her sister Veii , and for this merit she now in her ...
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... attack which was foiled by Manlius , Rome would never have arisen from its ashes ; and if there had been no Rome , what would Europe have been like to - day ? Perhaps we might Camillus . now be having a purely Celtic civilization in ...
... attack which was foiled by Manlius , Rome would never have arisen from its ashes ; and if there had been no Rome , what would Europe have been like to - day ? Perhaps we might Camillus . now be having a purely Celtic civilization in ...
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Page 9 - Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae, propterea quod a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, minimeque ad eos mercatores saepe commeant atque ea quae ad effeminandos animos pertinent important, proximique sunt Germanis, qui trans Rhenum incolunt, quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt.
Page 222 - Ejus rei multas afferunt causas : ne assidua consuetudine capti studium belli gerendi agricultura commutent ; ne latos fines parare studeant, potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant ; ne accuratius ad frigora atque aestus vitandos aedificent ; ne qua oriatur pecuniae cupiditas, qua ex re factiones dissensionesque nascuntur ; ut animi aequitate plebem contineant, cum suas quisque opes cum potentissimis aequari videat.
Page 217 - In primis hoc volunt persuadere, non interire animas, sed ab aliis post mortem transire ad alios, atque hoc maxime ad virtutem excitari putant metu mortis neglecto. Multa praeterea de sideribus atque eorum motu, de mundi ac terrarum magnitudine, de rerum natura, de deorum immortalium vi ac potestate disputant et iuventuti tradunt.
Page 221 - Deorum numero eos solos ducunt, quos cernunt et quorum aperte opibus iuvantur, Solem et Vulcanum et Lunam, reliquos ne fama quidem acceperunt.
Page 219 - Galli se omnes ab Dite patre prognatos praedicant, idque ab Druidibus proditum dicunt. Ob eam causam spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt ; dies natales et mensium et annorum initia sic observant, ut noctem dies subsequatur.
Page 74 - ... perculerunt. Sublatis deinde supra capita scutis continuatisque ita inter se, ut non modo ad caecos ictus sed ne ad inserendum quidem ex propinquo telum loci quicquam esset, testudine facta 7 subibant.
Page 172 - Omnes vero se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugna aspectu; capilloque sunt promisso atque omni parte corporis rasa praeter caput et labrum superius.