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... probably the first explanation which would suggest before him has in it nothing a priori impossible , and it itself . This view has accordingly not been without its supporters ( see Clason , Plutarch und Tacitus , 1870 ) , and it is ...
... probably the first explanation which would suggest before him has in it nothing a priori impossible , and it itself . This view has accordingly not been without its supporters ( see Clason , Plutarch und Tacitus , 1870 ) , and it is ...
Page xxvi
... probably refers to Trajan in the winter of 97-98 A.D. ) . From this it appears that he was born about 46 A.D. and lived on into Trajan's reign . His literary activity however must certainly have begun earlier than this , since he was ...
... probably refers to Trajan in the winter of 97-98 A.D. ) . From this it appears that he was born about 46 A.D. and lived on into Trajan's reign . His literary activity however must certainly have begun earlier than this , since he was ...
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... probably writte under Trajan . An allusion appears to be made to th death of Domitian in vit . Num . 19 , and vit . Poplic . 15 while in vit . Sull . 21 he says that the capture o Athens by Sulla took place nearly 200 years ago which ...
... probably writte under Trajan . An allusion appears to be made to th death of Domitian in vit . Num . 19 , and vit . Poplic . 15 while in vit . Sull . 21 he says that the capture o Athens by Sulla took place nearly 200 years ago which ...
Page xxix
... probably wrote these Lives before the His- tories of Tacitus were published , he could not have used them as his authority . This conclusion is con- firmed beyond all doubt by internal evidence , since a careful examination shows that a ...
... probably wrote these Lives before the His- tories of Tacitus were published , he could not have used them as his authority . This conclusion is con- firmed beyond all doubt by internal evidence , since a careful examination shows that a ...
Page xxxvii
... probably be added to , but which , as it stands , sufficiently speaks for itself : - PLUTARCH . TACITUS . G. 12 , 10. Δειπνῶν δὲ παρὰ i . 48. Servili deinceps pro- Κλαυδίῳ Καίσαρι ποτήριον άργυ . ροῦν ὑφείλετο · πυθόμενος δὲ ὁ Καίσαρ τῇ ...
... probably be added to , but which , as it stands , sufficiently speaks for itself : - PLUTARCH . TACITUS . G. 12 , 10. Δειπνῶν δὲ παρὰ i . 48. Servili deinceps pro- Κλαυδίῳ Καίσαρι ποτήριον άργυ . ροῦν ὑφείλετο · πυθόμενος δὲ ὁ Καίσαρ τῇ ...
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