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... references to them . We have followed , but with some important variations , the text of Orelli . A table is given of the passages in which we have adopted a different reading . We frequently quote from our translation ( published in ...
... references to them . We have followed , but with some important variations , the text of Orelli . A table is given of the passages in which we have adopted a different reading . We frequently quote from our translation ( published in ...
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... Reference is made in Ann . XI . 11 to the History as an earlier work , " libris quibus res Domitiani imperatoris composui . " The two contained together thirty books , as we learn from S. Jerome on Zachariah , ch . XIII . , and related ...
... Reference is made in Ann . XI . 11 to the History as an earlier work , " libris quibus res Domitiani imperatoris composui . " The two contained together thirty books , as we learn from S. Jerome on Zachariah , ch . XIII . , and related ...
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... reference to the procession , the notion of which would be included in the word ' ludi , ' and which would be expressed by the phrase ' ducere pompam . ' It seems better , how- ever , to connect ' duxit ' closely with ' medio , ' as if ...
... reference to the procession , the notion of which would be included in the word ' ludi , ' and which would be expressed by the phrase ' ducere pompam . ' It seems better , how- ever , to connect ' duxit ' closely with ' medio , ' as if ...
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... reference to the division of the earth into zones . It seems that Tacitus ( in common with other writers ) believed both Spain and Germany to extend much fur- ther to the north than they actually do . On this supposition his meaning in ...
... reference to the division of the earth into zones . It seems that Tacitus ( in common with other writers ) believed both Spain and Germany to extend much fur- ther to the north than they actually do . On this supposition his meaning in ...
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... reference in ' valentissimam ' is to the military resources of these countries . We find , Hist . III . 53 , Gaul and Spain described as the most powerful ( valentissimam ) part of the world , and the Britons , Ch . 12 , are spoken of ...
... reference in ' valentissimam ' is to the military resources of these countries . We find , Hist . III . 53 , Gaul and Spain described as the most powerful ( valentissimam ) part of the world , and the Britons , Ch . 12 , are spoken of ...
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