Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic warHarper & Bros., 1846 - 493 pages |
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... Roman authors worthy of reli- ance ? Dr. B. Most undoubtedly . No scholar of the present day has con- ferred a more signal service on the literary chronology of Greece and Rome than this very able writer , or has contributed more ...
... Roman authors worthy of reli- ance ? Dr. B. Most undoubtedly . No scholar of the present day has con- ferred a more signal service on the literary chronology of Greece and Rome than this very able writer , or has contributed more ...
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... Roman gov- ernor , from whom he received the civic crown on the capture of Mity- lene . The death of Sylla , however , recalled him to Rome , and we find him soon engaged in conducting a prosecution against Cornelius Dolabella , charged ...
... Roman gov- ernor , from whom he received the civic crown on the capture of Mity- lene . The death of Sylla , however , recalled him to Rome , and we find him soon engaged in conducting a prosecution against Cornelius Dolabella , charged ...
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... Roman knights that stood around the senate- house as a guard , and he was mainly saved by the interference of Cicero . ' H. You made some allusion , a moment ago , to his lavish expendi Where did he obtain the means for supporting these ...
... Roman knights that stood around the senate- house as a guard , and he was mainly saved by the interference of Cicero . ' H. You made some allusion , a moment ago , to his lavish expendi Where did he obtain the means for supporting these ...
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... Roman commander neglected no opportunity of amassing the most ex- tensive riches , and , with this view , plundered both the temples of the Gallic deities , and the land of allies as well as enemies . Everything , in fact , that might ...
... Roman commander neglected no opportunity of amassing the most ex- tensive riches , and , with this view , plundered both the temples of the Gallic deities , and the land of allies as well as enemies . Everything , in fact , that might ...
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... Roman soldiers are seized with a panic at the accounts which they receive of the great stature and cour- age of the Germans . 40. Cæsar's speech to them . 41. Good effects of this harangue . March . 42-46 . Interview between Cæsar and ...
... Roman soldiers are seized with a panic at the accounts which they receive of the great stature and cour- age of the Germans . 40. Cæsar's speech to them . 41. Good effects of this harangue . March . 42-46 . Interview between Cæsar and ...
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Aedui Æduis Ambiorix Aquitani Ariovistus army Arverni atque bellum Cæsar Cæsarem castris causa celeriter circiter common text Compare the Greek consilio copias copiis Dio Cassius Eburones ejus eorum equitatu erant erat esset etiam exercitus flumen Gallia Gaul Greek paraphrase hæc Helvetii hostes hostibus hostium Indutiomarus inter ipse ipsi jubet legatos legion Literally locis loco locum magno Menapii militum millia neque Nervii nostris numero omnes omni omnibus oppido oppidum Oudendorp partem passuum Populi Romani possent prælio propter quæ quam quibus quid quod rebus Referring reliquis Rhenum Roman Sequani sese sibi Suevi sunt suos tamen Treviri Ubii Vercingetorix αὐτοῖς αὐτῶν δὲ διὰ εἰς ἐκ ἐπὶ Καῖσαρ μὲν μὲν γὰρ μὲν οὖν μὴ οἱ οὐ οὐκ πρὸς σφῶν τὰ ταῦτα τε καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τοῦτο τούτοις τῷ τῶν τῶν Ρωμαίων ὡς
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Page 124 - Druides a bello abesse consuerunt neque tributa una cum reliquis pendunt, militiae vacationem omniumque rerum 35 habent immunitatem. Tantis excitati praemiis et sua sponte multi in disciplinam conveniunt et a parentibus propinquisque mittuntur. Magnum ibi numerum versuum ediscere dicuntur. Itaque annos nonnulli vicenos in disciplina permanent.
Page 125 - Natio est omnis Gallorum admodum dedita religionibus ; atque ob earn causam, qui sunt affecti gravioribus morbis quique in proeliis periculisque versantur, aut pro victimis homines immolant, aut se immolaturos vovent, administrisque ad ea sacrificia Druidibus utuntur...
Page 125 - 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 juventuti tradunt.
Page 124 - Disciplina in Britannia reperta atque inde in Galliam translata esse existimatur, et nunc, qui diligentius eam rem cognoscere volunt, plerumque illo discendi causa proficiscuntur.
Page 67 - Sed privati ac separati agri apud eos nihil est, neque longius anno remanere uno in loco incolendi causa licet.
Page 127 - Germani multum ab hac consuetudine differunt. Nam neque druides habent, qui rebus divinis praesint, neque sacrificiis student. Deorum numero eos solos ducunt, quos cernunt et quorum aperte opibus iuvantur, Solem et Vulcanum et Lunam, reliquos ne fama quidem acceperunt.
Page 93 - Britanniae pars interior ab iis incolitur, quos natos in insula ipsa memoria proditum dicunt : maritima pars ab iis, qui praedae ac belli inferendi causa ex Belgis transierant ; qui omnes fere iis nominibus civitatum appellantur, quibus orti ex civitatibus e6 pervenerunt, et bello illato ibi remanserunt, atque agros colere coeperunt.
Page 484 - There were two centurions in each maniple, called by the same name, but distinguished by the title prior, " former," and posterior, " latter," because the one was chosen and ranked before the other. The centurion of the first century of the first maniple of the Triarii, was called centurio primi pili, or primus pilus, or primopilus, &c.
Page 485 - Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two...