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... course . How similar it is , will best be seen from the following conspectus , which it will be convenient to insert at this point , after which we shall be in a better position to discuss the relation of the two narratives to one ...
... course . How similar it is , will best be seen from the following conspectus , which it will be convenient to insert at this point , after which we shall be in a better position to discuss the relation of the two narratives to one ...
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... course of their narratives , their facts , and even the delineation of character . So much appears clearly from the general comparison of the two which has been already given . The re- semblance is in many cases even closer than this ...
... course of their narratives , their facts , and even the delineation of character . So much appears clearly from the general comparison of the two which has been already given . The re- semblance is in many cases even closer than this ...
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... course of plunder and rapine in which he indulged soon made it apparent that he was hardly a serious rival , ' and Galba found no difficulty in getting rid of him and his claims by the agency of Garutianus , a procurator.3 But while no ...
... course of plunder and rapine in which he indulged soon made it apparent that he was hardly a serious rival , ' and Galba found no difficulty in getting rid of him and his claims by the agency of Garutianus , a procurator.3 But while no ...
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... course his fortunes would take . If he acquiesced in his defeat everything was lost . Galba clearly did not trust him , Piso would almost certainly regard him as a rival . On the other hand Galba had taken a false step , Piso was ...
... course his fortunes would take . If he acquiesced in his defeat everything was lost . Galba clearly did not trust him , Piso would almost certainly regard him as a rival . On the other hand Galba had taken a false step , Piso was ...
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... course routed , and while numbers were butchered by their conquerors the fate of their capital Aventicum was reserved for the decision of Vitellius himself , who was with the greatest difficulty prevailed upon to spare it.3 Caecina had ...
... course routed , and while numbers were butchered by their conquerors the fate of their capital Aventicum was reserved for the decision of Vitellius himself , who was with the greatest difficulty prevailed upon to spare it.3 Caecina had ...
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