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... Gaul , and who had a son . It has been supposed that this Tacitus was the historian's father . The similarity of name , the coincidence of dates , and the probability that at some time of his life our author was familiar with the ...
... Gaul , and who had a son . It has been supposed that this Tacitus was the historian's father . The similarity of name , the coincidence of dates , and the probability that at some time of his life our author was familiar with the ...
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... Gaul on the south ; but that in the two former cases the distance is so con- siderable that the fact has to be inferred from certain considera- tions ( expressed by the words spatio ac coelo ) , whereas in the case of Gaul it was a ...
... Gaul on the south ; but that in the two former cases the distance is so con- siderable that the fact has to be inferred from certain considera- tions ( expressed by the words spatio ac coelo ) , whereas in the case of Gaul it was a ...
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... 9. Proximi Gallis , etc. ] ' Those who are nearest to the Gauls also resemble them . ' T. A. 10. Procurrentibus in diversa . ] Neighbouring countries jutting out 4 NOTES : 49 2, novissima Libyae, sc. the farthest part ...
... 9. Proximi Gallis , etc. ] ' Those who are nearest to the Gauls also resemble them . ' T. A. 10. Procurrentibus in diversa . ] Neighbouring countries jutting out 4 NOTES : 49 2, novissima Libyae, sc. the farthest part ...
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... Gaul . Comp . Caes . B. G. VI . 13. ' Superstitio ' denoted to a Roman ' any foreign religious belief . ' The ... Gauls . ' This seems unnecessary . meaning is plain enough , if we suppose Tacitus to say - the Gauls before they were ...
... Gaul . Comp . Caes . B. G. VI . 13. ' Superstitio ' denoted to a Roman ' any foreign religious belief . ' The ... Gauls . ' This seems unnecessary . meaning is plain enough , if we suppose Tacitus to say - the Gauls before they were ...
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... over the industry of the Gauls . ' ( C. and B. ) Orelli gives a different , and , we think , very doubt- ful meaning to ' anteferre , ' and understands the passage thus , ' he trained the natural powers of the Britons up NOTES . 63.
... over the industry of the Gauls . ' ( C. and B. ) Orelli gives a different , and , we think , very doubt- ful meaning to ' anteferre , ' and understands the passage thus , ' he trained the natural powers of the Britons up NOTES . 63.
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