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... appear to have deeply impressed the mind of Tacitus . The critical struggle , as it seemed to him , was fought out on the last confines of the world , and it added to the glory of Rome the renown of a triumph which completed the ...
... appear to have deeply impressed the mind of Tacitus . The critical struggle , as it seemed to him , was fought out on the last confines of the world , and it added to the glory of Rome the renown of a triumph which completed the ...
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... appear to have been settled in this colony . It was , in fact , the only real colonia in Britain , but the word is used loosely of important towns ; comp . note on aegra municipia , ch . 32 . 10. Intersepti . ] Armies would be said to ...
... appear to have been settled in this colony . It was , in fact , the only real colonia in Britain , but the word is used loosely of important towns ; comp . note on aegra municipia , ch . 32 . 10. Intersepti . ] Armies would be said to ...
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... appears to think . " 17. Monstratus fatis . ] We prefer with Orelli to take ' fatis as a dative than with Kritz as an ablative . The half paradox of the future ruler being pointed out to the destinies which decreed his fortune is very ...
... appears to think . " 17. Monstratus fatis . ] We prefer with Orelli to take ' fatis as a dative than with Kritz as an ablative . The half paradox of the future ruler being pointed out to the destinies which decreed his fortune is very ...
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... appears to present the least . Reading ' ni ' we should give the meaning thus ; ' He would have brought the province back , & c . had he not been disposed thus to act . ' 10. Ut suae cujusque injuriae ultor ] ' As one who avenged every ...
... appears to present the least . Reading ' ni ' we should give the meaning thus ; ' He would have brought the province back , & c . had he not been disposed thus to act . ' 10. Ut suae cujusque injuriae ultor ] ' As one who avenged every ...
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... appear , from the mention of auxilia immediately afterwards , to have been Roman troops , though the term , as it is clear from Hist . I. 70 , was not restricted to such troops . 14. Erexit aciem . ] ' Led his troops up the hill ...
... appear , from the mention of auxilia immediately afterwards , to have been Roman troops , though the term , as it is clear from Hist . I. 70 , was not restricted to such troops . 14. Erexit aciem . ] ' Led his troops up the hill ...
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